A Concrete Legacy DAVID (Dave) KEATING, OAM
After being at ASOPA from 1961–62 I taught at four high schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG)—Malabunga, Goroka, Karkar and Brandi—from 1963 to 1977. It is often hard to judge our impact as teachers....
Category: Sport
Kicking off a little PNG power for the Olympics and Matildas!
PNG power in Aussie Matildas! 18 year old soccer sensation Mary Fowler unleashed a 20 metre strike to score a stunning extra time goal in the Matildas Olympics 4:3 win over Great Britain to...
PNG Rugby League player in Sydney club.
Albert sourced from The National The biggest rugby league news for PNG this year is the announcement this week of the signing of the PNG Orchids captain Elsie Albert by the St George Dragons...
NRL’s Pacific Invitation Matches – 22 June 2019
This year’s Pacific Invitational, to be held on 22 June 2019 at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney, will feature the women’s match between Papua New Guinea and Fiji, commencing at 3.40pm, along with the men’s...
Dr Haydee Paiva triumphantly waves PNG and Solomon Island flags at Mt Everest base camp
A Solomon Islands doctor has given her PNG ‘tambus’ a sneak peek of Mount Everest. Dr Haydee Paiva, a keen hiker and budding mountaineer, reached the base camp of Mt Everest on April 15...
International federation of basketball team visits PNG
The team from FIBA, the international federation of basketball, were in Port Moresby recently along with representatives from Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea. Since last year #PNGAusPartnership supported the #Hoops4Health program in communities...
“Beware the Three Card Buyer” Rabaul 1937: by Ralph Sawyer
Hector and Baden Wales had made several piles and blown several as well. It was 1937. The heady days of Edie Creek, Upper Watut and Bulolo were far behind them. The jobs at the...
Kimbe Flag Jump by Patrick Dunne (Team Organiser/Cameraman)
Team National Skydive Displays flew into Kimbe on 16 November 2017, just in time for the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 PNG National Games. We were there to participate in that ceremony, skydiving out...
Korfball in Papua New Guinea (part 2) by Roy Kirkby
Goroka Teachers College, Eastern Highlands District 1968 -70 In 1967 I was posted again but this time to the new UNESCO-sponsored Goroka Teachers’ College. The college trained primary and high school teachers who would...
Korfball in Papua New Guinea (Part 1) by Roy Kirkby
INTRODUCTION Korfball is a handball-type sport a little like netball or basketball. A major difference is that it is a dedicated mixed team sport with an equal number of both genders playing together. The...
Korfball in Papua New Guinea (Part 4) by Roy Kirkby
Korfball World Championships 1978 Just prior to Independence in 1975 I left the country after 13 wonderful years there. In 1978 the first world championships were organised and Papua New Guinea was invited to...
Korfball in Papua New Guinea (Part 3) by Roy Kirkby
Madang Teachers’ College, Madang District, 1972-75 A year’s absence from PNG in 1971 was followed by a return to lecture at Madang Teachers’ College. I found that as a result of our Goroka students’...
HEBOU PNG Barramundis By Patrick Bourke
I recently watched the PNG national cricket team, the HEBOU PNG Barramundis, batting at Hurstville Oval, Sydney, during the 50 over match on Sunday 12 February 2017. They were playing a NSW Second XI...
PNG Barramundis defeated ACT XI in Prime Minister’s curtain raiser
The HEBOU PNG Barramundis defeated ACT XI in a last ball thriller by three (3) runs in the Prime Minister’s XI curtain raiser at Manuka Oval, Canberra, yesterday, Thursday 15 February. This followed a...
PNG XI curtain-raiser to Prime Minister’s XI’s clash with Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval, Canberra, 15 February 2017
The ACT has named a 12-man squad to take on a PNG XI as curtain-raiser to the Prime Minister’s XI’s clash with Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval on February 15. Cricket ACT launched its PNG...
