The Fish Trap Builders of Raluana Village
John F Bent Sixty years ago, I had the privilege of being employed by the Papua New Guinea Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries as an agricultural extension officer. To my local colleagues and...
Category: Wildlife in PNG
Fireworks at Wau – Ross Lockyer
Jim Riley and I wandered about the New Guinea countryside and into the jungle at any opportunity, visiting villages, mission stations, gold sluicing operations, the old gold dredges and anything else that looked interesting....
Victoria Crowned Pigeon – Goura victoria
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Crocodiles: Chips MacKellar
(Published in Una Voce, March 1998, p. 7, and in Tales of Papua New Guinea, p. 131) Malcolm (Chips) MacKellar 1953-1955 CPO Daru and Lake Murray (Western District) 1955-1956 P.O. Mount Hagen (Western Highlands...
The crocodiles of Lake Murray: Adrian Geyle
(Published in Una Voce, June 1998, page 16) Adrian Geyle was CPO for two years at Lake Murray, Kiunga, Gaima and Daru, Western District; PO OIC Green River, Sepik District; PO H/Q, Madang District....
Crocodiles
In my early years in PNG, I had such horrible experiences with crocodiles that, to this day, memories of these experiences still survive to haunt me. And I warn you too, that if horror...
The crocodiles of Lake Murray
Lake Murray is a Shangri-la for crocodiles and water snakes. Fish and freshwater turtles abounded too when I was there in the early 50s, and the local Suki people lived well on fresh food...
