One awakes, the memory of so many similar awakenings afresh, to the sound of rain, rain that is heavy, full and deep-sounding, which itself carries a feeling of timelessness in this mountain place. The...
Lieutenant John Joseph Murphy took part in the first Japanese assault on Mubo, where the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) soundly repulsed them, inflicting many casualties. When NGVR was disbanded, he joined the coastwatcher...
RB SHAW: The Cross of Goa BEN PARER: The Parer Tales RB SHAW The Cross of Goa Bob Shaw is an accomplished adventure storyteller. He does this through the prism of a Port Moresby-based...
BAI, Sir Brown | BARTLETT, Jon Richard; | BOTTRILL, Angus, OAM; | BURKE, Dr Clarrie; | BUTLER, Peter; | CARROLL, Michael | FAVETTA, Sue; | FRASER, Ian | GINBEY, Robert Charles; | JOHNSTON, Nancy Edith; | LITTLER,...
Joan Dwyer turned ninety-two in November 2018. She was a patrol officer’s wife in Papua New Guinea for almost two decades—resourceful, friendly and determined, she lived in three countries, but Papua New Guinea was...
In August 1959, having just turned eighteen, Mark Lynch was at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) in Sydney, undergoing an intense course about a complex and fascinating place, tackling subjects from land...
In 1939 a letter carried by a fleeing German pilot, in a stolen aircraft in New Guinea, amazingly reached its destination safely in Melbourne. The now famous correspondence was sent by Patrol Officer Leigh...
The story continues from Una Voce, June 2018, of new experiences, challenges and developments in the West New Britain District. I finished off in June saying there was a need to explain patrol necessities—mattresses,...
It is always hard to describe flying in PNG to someone who has never been there and done that. It is exhilarating, demanding, difficult, and sometimes dangerous. The wreckage of numerous aircraft still littering...
I came across a press report from Rabaul/Kokopo, New Guinea of 4 September 1924, and was amazed to learn that the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Henry Forster, GCMG, PC, came to TPNG and, from...
Many characters from Australia and other countries were attracted to PNG before and after World War II. In October 1952 I arrived in Port Moresby together with five other cadet patrol officers, following our...
Cultural insights / Exhibits / FEATURED
The Bilas Exhibition – Australian Museum, 27 September 2023
August 30, 2023
