Public Documents
The following historical documents are available for all to download and enjoy. Please see the following options. Name of Document Description Download here Fragments of NewGuinea – Reports & Narratives 1964 The experiences of...
Category: Cultural insights
Rabaul 11-foot Tsunami July, August 1971 – Photos from George Oakes
George Oakes writes: “This took place in July/August 1971. There were a lot of earthquakes at the same time. As I understand it, the tsunami was caused by a submarine landslide in the Solomon...
Popondetta, Wanigela, Rabaul, and Bougainville : 1965-1975 – Photos from Jim van der Kamp
Jim Vanderkamp was with the Public Health Dept, Malaria Control. The following photographs cover some of Jim’s experiences and tours of duty at Popondetta, Wanigela, Rabaul and on Bougainville.
TISA: A teacher’s experience in PNG – Photos from Roy Kirkby
Like so many expatriates, I was attracted to Papua New Guinea long before I arrived there. My interest began in England as a high school student in the late 1940s through a world map...
PNG as seen by Kevin Lock
Kevin Lock did the second E Course (Teacher training) at Rabaul in 1961 and was posted to Arehava Primary School in the Gulf District and later at Madang Technical College. He left PNG in...
Snaps from a Missionary’s Camera – John Harold Margetts
John Harold Margetts was born at Higham, near Chester, England, on 17 May 1884. He studied for the ministry of the Methodist Church at Queen’s College, and came to Australia as a minister in...
Emma Coe, known as Queen Emma, and Phoebe Coe, Papua New Guinea, 1878 – 1944
Emma and Phoebe were daughters to Joana Coe née Le’utu, of Samoa’s Malietoa Royal family, and Jonas Myndersee Coe, the US Consul in Apia. Jonas married six times and had 18 children. Emma was...
