Our Walk from the Gimi Valley to Baimaru
HUGH MILLER My reason for writing the following is that both the June 2021 and September 2021 issues of PNG Kundu had references to Kuru and Carleton Gajdusek. I never met him as he...
Category: Places
A Career Change Called PNGK Sep 2021
A RECORD OF A DIFFERENT LIFE Bill Muntz I was thirty-five with a very stable position as a senior clerk in a chartered accountant’s office when I made the decision that being an accountant...
A Place Where Heaven Meets Earth PNGK Sep 2021
VINCENT KUMARA Often called ‘The Land of Handred Mauntens’, Bundi, which occupies the central most scenic part of the Bismarck Range, is indeed a hidden jewel for cultural tourism in Papua New Guinea. Sharing...
The PNG Star Mountains: Still Wild After All These Years – PNGK Sept 2021
Chris Sharples—Part One In 1963 white people first tried to reach the western Star Mountains peaks (John Groenewald’s ‘Diary of the 1963 Star Mountains Patrol’, Una Voce, December 2016). My account describes a private...
ASEAN agriculture visa undermines Pacific Seasonal Workers Program
A new farm work visa will be offered to residents from 10 South-East Asian countries to help Australian farmers harvest their crops. These include Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Brunei...
New Angau Memorial Hospital Birthing Ward in Lae
A new Angau Memorial Hospital Birthing Ward in Lae was opened on 1 June 2021. The new Birthing Unit consists of 10 private birthing suites, 8 observation beds, as well as other specialised equipment...
The Boluminski Highway by Bevynne Truss June PNG Kundu 2021
My first memories of going down the Boluminski Highway were the animals — village pigs, chickens, dogs. The birds took off sometimes nearly hitting my elbow as it hung out the window. Passing Utu...
Can you share your story? History Council of NSW
Would you like to share your story about your life or connection with PNG? Do you also live in NSW? The History Council of NSW hosts a program of speakers connecting them with organisations...
Commemorating the Seventieth Anniversary of the Volcanic Disaster at Mount Lamington by Wally Johnson (PNG Kundu March 2021)
The strongly intertwined histories of Papua New Guinea and Australia, post-WW II, are illustrated dramatically by the terrible disaster that took place at Lamington volcano, Northern District, TPNG, on Sunday, 21 January 1951. Almost 3,000...
Misima After Thirty Years
In 2018 I was working in Papua New Guinea and on one of my field breaks, I met my wife, Dympna, in Moresby and we made a short visit to Misima Island, in the...
PNG in the News
Featuring articles and news reports about contemporary Papua New Guinea—also included are the nation’s sporting achievements and events, and stories about young people doing interesting things— we encourage young people to become involved in...
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....
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...
The Human Face of Kokoda by Suellen Holland
Opportunities present themselves all the time and it’s our choice whether we act upon these opportunities or not. Two years ago, I was presented with an opportunity to ‘walk’ the Kokoda Trail. I admit...
Kimbe to Kimbe: PNG Revisited—an epilogue to the 11-part Didiman’s Diary Series by David Montgomery
Ten years had passed since Gillian, myself and the two boys, Scott and Mark, had left Papua New Guinea. A new life and a new career had begun in 1967 on a property at...
