EVENTS NEWS & DIARY
PERTH: PNGAA WA Catch Up – Friday, 3 May 2024 The PNGAA WA meets quarterly in Perth and sometimes members catch up outside of the larger group. There was a recent get-together at the...
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PNGAA REPORT
Management Committee Update With the 50th anniversary of independence fast approaching, a letter has been sent from PNGAA to the Australian Prime Minister with a request that Australia celebrate this occasion. It requests consideration...
Helpim Wantok – UPNG receives furniture from Australia
By Roy Ranney Around the middle of 2017 the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) realised that they would have a quantity of furniture surplus to their requirement as a result of an upgrade in...
Helpim Wantok Project – UPDATE
By: Steven Gagau, PNGAA committee member and President Sydney Wantok Association “Helpim Wantok” is a project undertaken by the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) and Sydney Wantok Association (SydWan), the Sydney based...
BOUGAINVILLE IN 2024 – 6 September 2024 – in person and online – Free
Date: Friday 6 September Time: 9.00 am – 1:00 pm AEDT Where: Hedley Bull Lecture Theatre 1, ANU; AND online; Free; Please register at: Bougainville in 2024 | Humanitix Please note that this is a...
Cairns function in July 2024
On Saturday 27 July former kiaps, friends and family gathered at Yorkeys Knob Boating Club in Cairns. About 45 people attended, with many coming from far away places – Steven (1980) and Delilah Peters...
Gift Subscription to the PNGAA
Are you enjoying your subscription to the PNGAA? Do you know someone who might enjoy a subscription to the PNGAA? If so, the process for making such a “gift” to that person can be...
BOOK LAUNCH KOKODA LEGEND-CAPTAIN SAM TEMPLETON by David Howell
When: Wednesday 3 July 2024, 6 for 6.30pm Where: East Malvern RSL, Stanley Grose Dr, Malvern East VIC 3145. Cost: Free (finger food & open bar will be provided to guests on the night)...
Sharing Histories: Kiap Tribute Event
These photographs were taken at the Sharing Histories event at the National Archives of Australia, 20 November 2010.
PNG IN THE NEWS
PNG PM Survives Vote of No Confidence PNG PM James Marape survived a vote of no confidence in mid-February 2024. A statement from the Australian Institute of International Affairs: In mid-February, rather than wait...
LETTERS & REVIEWS
Information Please I am looking for information on a Lieut. Kevin L Smith who was possibly on army service in PNG in East New Britain. After being discharged at the end of the war,...
EVENTS ROUNDUP
PERTH—PNGAA WA Catch Up Friday, 3 May 2024 The PNGAA WA meets quarterly in Perth and sometimes members catch up outside of the larger group. There was a recent get-together at the RAAFA Club,...
PNGAA REPORT
2024 PNGAA AGM The PNGAA Annual General Meeting and Lunch on Sunday, 5 May 2024, was a happy, friendly, successful day for PNGAA. The guest speaker was Joanne Sharpe, the Director for Justice and...
PNGAA Networking event in Cairns
There is PNG Networking event scheduled for Cairns as shown below. If you happen to be in the area at that time, you may find this event attractive. EVENT – PNG Networking – Ex...
Sydney Christmas Lunch December 2023
PNGAA Christmas Lunch, Sydney, 2 December 2023 A small but joyful group of members attended the Sydney Christmas function on 2 December 2023 at the Waterview function centre at Bicentennial Park. Being a very...
