Life at Daru in the Fifties
Ken McKinnon AO When we returned from leave to Port Moresby in May 1956, the information was that I was to go immediately to a new posting in charge of education in the Western...
Category: Time before
Vudal and the Mataungans – 1970 (Part 3)
This is the continuation of the recollections of Gordon Dick during his time as principal of the Vudal Agricultural College in 1970 – a year made difficult by the Mataungan land claims and the...
Vudal and the Mataungans – 1970 (Part 1)
During 1970 Gordon Dick served as principal of Vudal Agricultural College. It was a year made difficult by the Mataungan land claims and the militaristic response of the Australian administration. An item in the...
Vudal and the Mataungans – 1970
During 1970, Gordon Dick served as Principal of Vudal Agricultural College. It was a year made difficult by the Mataungan land claims and the militaristic response of the Australian administration. The first in his...
The Kula Ring
A story of survival on the Solomon Sea When the search for the missing MH370 Malaysian Airways jet is finally over, it will be an amazing story to tell. But there is another amazing...
A Didiman’s Diary (Part 3)
For 13 July 1957 my Field Officers Journal notes: ‘departed Goroka for Chimbu per Territory Airlines (TAL) DH84 (Dragon) charter’ and in my letter home: ‘a full charter, 1050 lbs to shift myself,...
A Didiman’s Diary (Part 2)
The nearly 10 years in the Territory had an enormous number of highlights. Great friendships; lengthy patrols into areas of contrast – to those of little or no development or contact and to areas...
A Didiman’s Diary (Part 1)
A good while ago I realised there are always stories of kiaps in the PNGAA journal, Una Voce, but rarely news of didimen. So, after conferring with the editor, I decided to remedy the...
Tisa: A Teacher’s Experience in PNG 1962–75 by ROY KIRKBY (Part Three)
Part One of my story told of my years at Kompiam (UV, June 2019, p.15) and Part Two (UV, December 2019, p.37) featured the years at Jimi River School, and Keltiga Primary T School, which...
Family Farm to PNG Development Bank—Story of a Didiman (Part 3)
Part Two of my story described my move to Gumine and the living conditions and lifestyle there. This part describes my work assisting locals in the growing of their crops. MY MAIN FOCUS AT...
About the PNGAA Collection – Cheryl Marvell, 2019 PNGAA Christmas Luncheon
Hello everyone, I have been in the job of Archivist of the PNGAA Collection since the end of August 2019. The lovely Murrough Benson, our Treasurer, took me through the ropes and showed me...
Tisa: A Teacher’s Experience in PNG 1962–75 (Part Two) by Roy Kirkby
The previous issue featured my training in Rabaul, and then teaching at Kompiam School from 1962 to 1963. One of my most privileged memories was of my departure from Kompiam on being posted to...
Madang Field Trips, 2014 by Mary Mennis, MBE #2: Bilbil Village and Island
The first Madang field trip, to Malmal Village, was featured in the September issue of Una Voce. The second was to Bilbil Village and Island. I first went to there in 1974. I was...
See footage on PNG! National Film & Sound Archives, Canberra – Friday 22 November 2019
PNGAA members have a special opportunity to visit the NFSA and experience film footage on Papua New Guinea including sound and still images. There is a range of fascinating material starting from the 1930s...
West End ia namo by Chips Mackellar
Further to my story in the June 2019 issue of Una Voce—’The Best Beer Ever Tasted’, here is another ‘beer’ story concerning members of the Star Mountains Patrol, Dave Jacobs and Jack Baker NOT...
