Mick Jagger visits PNG
Sir Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) took a cruise through the Trobriand Island aboard the Kalibobo Spirit with Sir Peter Barter in late November 2014. He was impressed with his visit and said he would...
Issue: 2015 2 June Una Voce
Presidents Update
It’s been tremendously exciting to see this first colour issue of Una Voce take shape. Splashes of vibrant colour energise us and are combined with a wonderful balance of articles. Many thanks to Dianne...
A Chance Encounter
We decided to travel to Sydney by public transport to attend the PNGAA lunch in December 2014. Saturday: Bingie to Moruya; bus to Nowra; bus to Bomaderry; diesel train to Kiama; suburban service to...
Des Martin receives PNG medal
On 3 March 2015 Des Martin was presented with the PNG medal of the Order of Logohu (Bird of Paradise) in a ceremony in Brisbane. Magdalene Moi-He, the PNG Consulate General in Brisbane, presented...
Gallipoli Veterans Lost on Montevideo Maru
The sinking of the Japanese prisoner transport ship Montevideo Maru 73 years ago remains Australia’s greatest maritime disaster – and there is a tragic link with Gallipoli. Recent research revealed that 15 of the...
Early history of aviation in PNG
A video compiled by the Gray family will appeal to anyone interested in the early history of aviation in PNG. The video is made available with the permission of the Gray family and is...
Dental Clinic
The YWAM dental clinic is now up and running, treating the first patients onboard on 26 April 2015. At a combined gathering on board the ship in Sydney late last year, the Wantok Group...
Youth with a Mission (YWAM)
This little one was born in Sisiami village. She was delivered with the help of a clean birth kit in the grass and the mud near the river bank. Mother and baby are well...
Notes from the Northern Territory
The PNG-Australia Social and Cultural Group in Darwin can be described as inactive. Nothing new there, I suggest. Forty years ago the German Club and the Italian Club in Alice Springs were flourishing. Both...
Christopher Viner-Smith, OAM
Christopher Viner-Smith was named in the 2015 Australia Day Honours list, with the citation: The Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division, for services to community history particularly through securing recognition...
The King & I
“Well, I’m here now, so let’s go ahead and do it,” I reply. I am in the south of Bougainville Island and dressed for the tropical heat in a singlet and shorts. He looks...
2014 PNG Games
Hosted by Lae City, Morobe Province The PNG Games were initiated by the PNG National Sports Institute of the PNG Sports Foundation in 2000 to provide the opportunity for youths to represent their provinces...
Moresby – paradise for women
The Argus, Melbourne, December 1953 Papua’s summer temperature was much more moderate and pleasant, she said, ‘I am longing to return home to cool off’, Mrs. Wardrop added. She has been in Melbourne for...
Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin, Operation Rimau
Published in 2015 by Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780733633478, Paperback, 352 pages. Available at Berkelouw Books, Cronulla for $29.99. Previously published as Kill the Tiger, new material has been added to this edition of Operation...
Art of the Sepik River, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Myth and magic: art of the Sepik River, an exhibition of over 80 impressive works of art, opens on 7 August 2015. It includes art from communities of the lower and middle Sepik River,...
