My first interest in the old “European cemetery” dates back to the late 1980s when fellow-former kiap and friend Dave Henton and I decided to locate former Lieutenant Governor Sir John Hubert Plunkett (“Judge”)...
My first interest in the old “European cemetery” dates back to the late 1980s when fellow-former kiap and friend Dave Henton and I decided to locate former Lieutenant Governor Sir John Hubert Plunkett (“Judge”)...
The town of Rabaul is this year celebrating the centenary of its becoming the capital of German New Guinea under its present name: it was originally begun as Simpsonhafen. The following information about its...
The year I undertook a reconnaissance of the Jimi Valley pine stands in the Western Highlands District (see here) saw me as well in the eastern extremities of the Highlands. In the months of...
Despite a cancelled Air Niugini flight, we got to Alotau to join the Akademik Shokalskiy with only minutes to spare before she sailed on Saturday 14 April 2012. A converted Russian scientific research ship,...
During 2007 I visited Porgera on three occasions to assist the Porgera Development Association. Porgera is situated in the highlands PNG. The following item details some of my activities and thoughts regarding the future...
The first glimpse of Rabaul after an absence of 35 years was astonishing. Press reports and the occasional visitor had painted a picture of desolation, dust, and permanent destruction. The lovely Rabaul that we...
The town of Rabaul is this year celebrating the centenary of its becoming the capital of German New Guinea under its present name: it was originally begun as Simpsonhafen. The following information about its...
This draft of an article was found in a filing cabinet in the Memorial Hall at Samarai which was being used in 1946 as the District Office. Stan Middleton was the District Officer and...
Despite a cancelled Air Niugini flight, we got to Alotau to join the Akademik Shokalskiy with only minutes to spare before she sailed on Saturday 14 April 2012. A converted Russian scientific research ship,...
The first glimpse of Rabaul after an absence of 35 years was astonishing. Press reports and the occasional visitor had painted a picture of desolation, dust, and permanent destruction. The lovely Rabaul that we...
All the schools in the Highlands in the sixties and seventies had a major problem. Only one-fifth of your year six children, if they passed the external exam, would be able to progress onto...
This draft of an article was found in a filing cabinet in the Memorial Hall at Samarai which was being used in 1946 as the District Office. Stan Middleton was the District Officer and...
It was the mid-70s and a conference was being held in a village on the shores of Hansa Bay. The topic was how to encourage villagers to take a more active role in the...
My encounter with TPNG began in 1955 when I was studying Agricultural Science in Perth at the University of WA. After two years as a student, finances were at low ebb and it was...
