Category: Cultural insights

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BOOKS & ART REVIEWS

When the Garamuts Beat Fr Franz Miltrup SM Father Miltrup SM, who died in 1989, was a German national and a Marist priest who lived in Bougainville from early 1938 to 1986, mostly in...

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BOOK REVIEWS

Peter Comerford, The Maliau Caves Adventure This is a book for 11–14-year-olds, set in Papua New Guinea and is an exciting adventure set in some caves in New Ireland. The caves are an underground...

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An Unforgettable Guy Fawkes Night

Ross Clifton In the early 1950s Dad organised a 2-storey home to be built on a multi-terraced hillside block of land in Port Moresby. The large front balcony offered extensive views overlooking Ela Beach—the...

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The Kwato Incident

Jane Brumley Our family has had a very adventurous life. From my parents, especially Mum, down to us. Our parents were quite happy for us, their kids, to run amok and ultimately learn from...

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How Do Papua New Guineans Count? – CA Volker

Professor Volker is a linguist living in New Ireland, and an Adjunct Professor in The Cairns Institute, James Cook University in Australia. He welcomes your language questions for his monthly discussions at  http://craig.volker@jcu.edu.au. For...

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Guam Lakes Patrol – Des Pike

In January 1972, I undertook a brief patrol of the Nodabu region of the Aiome Patrol Post administrative area, which includes villages along the banks of the Ramu River. As this was to be...

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Plantation Life in the 1960s – Ian Smith

Isolated and remote locations like the New Guinea Islands seemed to attract colourful and interesting people in the 1960s. Some of these characters were involved in the management of copra and cocoa plantations. Many...