Sydney Event – Sunday 29 Mar – Women’s Panel
P O S T P O N E D In the interests of the health of possible attendees and the community at large, the Committee has decided to postpone PNGAA Events for the moment....
Category: Cultural insights
Madang Field Trips, 2014 by Mary Mennis, MBE #2: Bilbil Village and Island
The first Madang field trip, to Malmal Village, was featured in the September issue of Una Voce. The second was to Bilbil Village and Island. I first went to there in 1974. I was...
Keeping the Home Fires Burning Through Outreach and the Celebration of Culture by Christine Leonard (née Wall)
Having grown up on Bougainville I keep in touch with Bougainvillean expat friends living in Brisbane, and one of the stand-outs in promoting Bougainville’s profile and culture is Veronica Kirin Henderson, president of the...
The Bragge Collection and ‘History of the Sepik’ – now at James Cook University
The Bragge Collection is a new, exciting and significant donation to the James Cook University Cairns Campus Library and the Cairns Institute. Laurie Bragge’s generous donation has been gifted to JCU to facilitate further...
Madang Field Trips, 2014 Mary Mennis, MBE #1: Malmal Village
In June 2014 a group of enthusiasts headed by Professor Glenn Summerhayes of Otago University did two archaeological digs in the Madang area of Papua New Guinea. These were in Malmal Village, located some...
Joint national strategy to combat sorcery accusation related violence
Papua New Guinea’s major churches have committed to a joint national strategy to combat sorcery accusation related violence, declaring their determination to help end a practise blamed for destroying hundreds of lives and damaging...
The National Anthem of Papua New Guinea
The following was prepared for the 30th Anniversary of PNG Independence booklet produced by the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc – with special thanks to Ross Johnson. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF PAPUA...
Gideon Kakabin donations via PNGAA here
Gideon Kakabin was an important, highly respected and much loved leader in East New Britain and Papua New Guinea. After completing a four week residency at the Australian War Memorial, and about to begin...
South Australian Museum Expedition to New Guinea Mainly New Ireland, 1918 by Jim Ridges
The Director of the South Australian Museum (SAM) Edgar Ravenswood Waite, in 1918 led an expedition, grandly named the North-West Pacific Expedition, departing Sydney 31st May on SS Marsina, returning Sydney 1st September on...
‘The Sepik’ by Laurie Bragge: Review by Chris Warrillow
One of the five door prizes at the biennial Cairns “X-Kiaps, Families and Friends Reunion” event was a penultimate-draft set of the six-volume history of The Sepik which has been a labour of love...
Cooking: The Curious Culinary Secrets of PNG’s Last Cannibalistic Tribe by Ian Lloyd Neubauer
For centuries, cannibalism was not only part of tribal life in Papua New Guinea but a central part of religion. When European colonialists arrived in the late 19th century, cannibalism was outlawed. The last...
‘Headhunt Revisited with Brush, Canvas & Camera’ documentary screening 27 July 2018 NFSA
Australian Premiere Screening Where: Arc Cinema, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, ACT When: 27 July 2018 at 6pm Tickets: $10 Book at: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/events/headhunt-revisited-brush-canvas-and-camera The documentary film, Headhunt Revisited: With Brush, Canvas and Camera...
The Reckoning
Thirty years ago, an acclaimed series of documentaries by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left? In 2016 Bob...
Kairuku Village by Graham Hardy
Chris Warrillow’s letter in Una Voce Sept. 2017 regarding Kairuku village in the Upper Purari got me thinking of a series of events over several years from 1950 to 1954 which culminated in a...
Kalibobo Spirit Sepik Exhibition 27.12.2016 – 02.01.2017 Reflections by Dame Carol Kidu DBE Dr (Hons)
(Part two …to be continued) 29th December 2016 Early morning on the 29th we raised anchor and passed Angoram District Headquarters. I had often heard of the mighty Sepik River but I already knew...
