Planting Memories:A Settler’s Life on the Sogeri Plateau
Anthea Matley At the beginning of September 2018, long after my parents had passed away, I said to my husband, Peter: ‘I want to go back to New Guinea. Do you think we can...
Category: Places
The Strange World of Lae, New Guinea in 1962
Ann Mallard I went to Lae to get married. My new husband, Ken Mallard, was an Australian I met on a ship returning from my first trip abroad. Neither of us had families who...
30th Anniversary of the Volcanic Destruction of Rabaul
On 19 September 1994, with little warning, two volcanos—Vulcan and Tavurvur—erupted and buried East New Britain’s capital, Rabaul, known as the ‘pearl of the Pacific’ and ‘Frangipani Town’. Almost two decades after PNG achieved...
Remembering Glenys ‘Gleny’ Köhnke
Well-known artist, sculptor and author, Gleny was born in Brisbane, Qld on 23 October 1948, and was drawing and painting for as long as she could remember, deciding at a young age that she...
My PNG Journey
Liz MacKinlay, CEO of Australian Business Volunteers My journey with Papua New Guinea is deeply intertwined with my family’s history and my own love for the country. My family has a long connection to...
Panguna Women After Closure of the Mine
Simon Pentanu I took this shot from a moving vehicle on a visit to Panguna on 15 January 2016. The photo isn’t great resolution-wise, but please read on. As our vehicle descended toward the...
Crossing the Saruwageds, Easter 1976 – Part Three
Ian Howie-Willis Part Two of this three-part series described how the author and his three Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech) companions tried to find their way down the northern side of the...
Report on the May 2024 Landslide in Enga Province
CHRISTINE LEONARD This article is based on compiled reports prepared by Sr John Mary, secretary to Bishop Arnold Orowae, and Project Manageress of the Catholic Diocese Wabag, Enga Province. The situation is chaotic and,...
My Expatriate life – By Diane Bayne
This is Part 3 of the Story – Kabwum We were barely settled in Lae again when we were transferred to Kabwum in the Morobe Province in May 1976. It was an outpost they...
Panguna Mine—A House with a View
Simon Pentanu PANGUNA on Bougainville Island has many stories to tell. There is a helluva lot to see—enough beauty and destruction to boggle the mind whenever you visit up here. Once upon a time,...
Crossing the Saruwageds, Easter 1976 Part Two
Ian Howie-Willis Part One of this three-part series described how the author and his three Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech) companions lost their way in dense fog while crossing the broad plateau...
Crossing the Saruwageds, Easter 1976 Part 1: IAN HOWIE-WILLIS
I left Papua New Guinea (PNG) in August 1973 after three years at Brandi High School near Wewak, and then almost six years at the University of Technology (Unitech) in Lae. Following some time...
A Night Out Beside the Bunga By IAN WILLIS
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Are These PNG’s Oldest Surviving Mission Buildings?
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Astrolabe Bay
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