Mt Fubilan, Ok Tedi & Other Tales (Part two) – Sept 2020 Kundu
Fred Pratt is a surveyor and engineer who lived and worked in PNG from 1961 to 2014. He worked at Ok Tedi over the period 1969–83, and again briefly in 2014, and tells the...
Category: Project stories
Butterfly Bows Quilt – a Silent Auction item at the Sydney Christmas Lunch 2 December 2018
YES! Early bids accepted! If you would like to bid in the lead up to the Christmas luncheon, please Email: events@pngaa.net PNGAA is delighted, and very appreciative, that the Canberra “Broomsticks & Bobbins’ Quilters’...
Helpim Wantok Project
Our fundraising goal is nearly there, but not quite, and we need your support with some more donations to achieve this. For several months now many of you know that the PNGAA has been...
Helpim Wantok Project
PNGAA “Helpim Wantok” Project – UTS Furniture Donation By Steven Gagau – Project Coordinator Please help – Donate Now By October 2017 the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) will have approximately 350 student tables...
Proposal for a Scholarship Scheme ‘The PNG Kiap Scholarship’
to promote mutual understanding between Australia and Papua New Guinea Background The lack of awareness of PNG in Australia, given our two countries reside either side of the Torres Strait, is palpable. This lack...
Rotary PNG Project
ROTARY PNG By Steven Gagau (August 2016) PNGAA Committee Member, Steven Gagau also a Rotarian was involved in a PNG community project during August 2016 for the supply and installation of solar power and...
Buk bilong pikinini: Anne-Sophie Hermann
For as long as I can remember, I have loved books. I fondly recall my childhood visits to the local library in Denmark, where I used to take out as many books as I...
Reading for a better education: Margaret Sylvester
It’s 50 years since some of the contributors to this project toiled away at the Commonwealth Bank, Mango Avenue, Rabaul. After completing their term (usually 2 years) and returning to various towns and cities...
Kainantu High School and its coffee plantations: Riley Warren
In 1974 I was posted to Kainantu High School in the Eastern Highland District as Head of Maths and Social Science. It was my third year in the country, having spent my first two...
The Mekeo rice project, 1950-54: Allan Boag
Writer’s notes: As it is 60 plus years since the Mekeo Rice Project was conceived, and as it was part of the history of the Administration of Papua and New Guinea of the time,...
Carry on up Mount Wilhelm: Jim Toner
(Published Una Voce, September 2000, Page 18) Jim Toner: Chief Clerk, District Office, Mendi 1957-59; District Office, Rabaul 1960-64; Field Manager, New Guinea Research Unit (ANU), Port Moresby 1965-73 I wanted to be Administrative...
