Ian Howie-Willis I have reason to remember Tuesday, 16 September 1975, Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day. It was one of the most convivial days of my life, mainly spent rejoicing with old friends in...
Papua New Guinea will celebrate 50 years of independence from Australia on 16 September 2025 with a public holiday, but during the year there will be special events commemorating the 50th Anniversary, including diverse...
Gregory J Ivey & Russell Wade This article outlines the pre-independence evolution of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), although readers may be aware that the first indigenous battalion was formed by the...
Michael Kabuni PhD Candidate at the Australian National University (ANU) At the 2024 PNG Update, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape went to great lengths to argue that political stability is a prerequisite for...
Part ONE • BAKA BINA This story is my take on listening to my father talk about self-government with other men in the village and his play on the words sel gavaman/sel kambang and...
Trevor Freestone I was an education officer in Papua New Guinea from 1964 to 1975. My postings included Ambunti in the East Sepik District, Pagei in the Sandaun (West Sepik) Province and Bena Bena...
Garrett Roche Independence Day in Mt Hagen, 1975 I remember Independence Day 1975 in Mt Hagen. I had been in the country since 1970, based in the Western Highlands and I had some grasp...
1883: HM Chester, Queensland Government Agent on Thursday Island, raised the Union Jack near present-day Port Moresby and annexed, on behalf of Queen Victoria, that part of New Guinea and adjacent islands lying between...
PAPUAN CITIZENSHIP by Laurie Le Fevre First published in Una Voce, Issue 1, March 2007 A question was raised in the last edition of Una Voce about Papuan citizenship before (or even post) independence...
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The following was prepared for the 30th Anniversary of PNG Independence booklet produced by the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc – with special thanks to Ross Johnson. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF PAPUA...
Thirty years ago, an acclaimed series of documentaries by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left? In 2016 Bob...
