BIGNOLD, Miss Violet (Vivi) OBE; | DESAILLY, Robert Neil; | EGGLETON, Michael Leslie James (Mike); | Farquharson, John; | Finter, Keith; | Foley, Pamela; | HOLMAN, Hal; | NORTON, John Edgar; | O’ROURKE, Maureen Frances; | ROWE, Stanley Ernest Barry; | SPELDEWINDE, Wilhelm; | TAYLOR, Shirley...
Whenever significant military action is celebrated, stories emerge that captivate the imagination. It is accepted that the first casualty of war is truth.
This is the continuing story of my Finschhafen Sub-District posting 12 December 1957 – 17 November 1958. In 1943 Finschhafen was at the forefront of the WW 11 Pacific campaign. In 1957 the remnants...
It was one of the strangest aviation incidents in World War II.
Recollection Six: A Meeting with Tom Ellis, Secretary of the Administrator’s Department I had worked in the Western Highlands District (at Nondugl) in the early 1960s when Tom Ellis was the District Commissioner. I...
In 1989 Jean-Michel Cousteau, sone of Jacques Cousteau sailed into PNG aboard the Alcyone to make several documentaries which included the “Ring of Fire”, “Into the Time Machine” and “River of Crocodile Men”, these documentaries...
June Whittaker is a long term member of PNGAA. From 1965 she was first a Lecturer in History and Government at ASOPA, from 1974 Senior Lecturer and Head Department of Development Studies at the International Training Institute, and from 1981-1993 Director of Regional Training and Aid Programmes as part of her work for ADAB and AusAid.
1959 ASOPA Long Course officers I came across this photo of the 1959 ASOPA Long Course officers. Many shown here went on to contribute to the development of PNG. Photo provided by JH (Harry)...
Visitors to Port Moresby might be surprised to find a large granite WW1 Memorial “gate” in the grounds of the Port Moresby Remembrance Park on Healy Road between Ela Beach and Koki Markets. PNG...
A daring escape by Australian troops from PNG in World War 2 was planned and led by a seriously ill officer who was carried, almost all the way, on a stretcher. Lt. Alan Palmer...
Preparations for the ‘NIB Games’, the 2016 Australian Invitational Youth Games Greater Netball Tournament to be held in Maitland, NSW, in July, saw Gima La’akana Crowdy organise a special ‘Net Ed’ program for the final...
Papua New Guinea vs Fiji Kumuls come back for 2-point win John Coomer is a Roar Guru & Live Blogger The Papua New Guinea Kumuls have defeated Fiji in a highly entertaining game at...
I was PNG NOCA (PNG National Olympic Committee Assistant) for the three weeks the PNG team was in Sydney for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. There were three of us appointed and one at...
