Books and Reviews
GREG GROWDEN The Wallabies at War Aussie heroes have proved themselves on the battlefield as well as on the sporting field. Members of the Wallabies, the national rugby union team, have fought in virtually...
Issue: 2019 3 September Una Voce
Gabriel Samol—One of PNG’s Forest Statesmen
Gabriel was born on Manus Island, and graduated in forestry in 1971 from the Bululo Forestry College. In government service he rose to the level of Assistant Secretary in the Department of Forest. He...
Judy Terrell—Lifetime Partner of an Ex-Kiap by CE Tim Terrell, AM
I met Judy in PNG in March, 1956. Shortly before, I had been brought in to Port Moresby from Lake Kutubu in the Southern Highlands where I had been a patrol officer for four...
Cost of Living and Superannuation Update CE Tim Terrell, AM—PNGAA Representative, ACPSRO
This information aims to bring you up to date on the recent activities of the Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO), of which PNGAA is a member and to which I have...
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...
Papua New Guinea Butterfly Collection by Ted Edwards
The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC), part of the CSIRO, is recognised both nationally and internationally as a major research collection. It is the world’s largest collection of Australian insects and related groups such...
Observations on Mining Capitalism in Papua New Guinea by Martin Kerr
Stuart Kirsch’s book, Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics, broke into a memory bank of experiences with a powerful message. Observe and take notes, whether photographically, through reports and correspondence, or...
Madang Field Trips, 2014 Mary Mennis, MBE #1: Malmal Village
In June 2014 a group of enthusiasts headed by Professor Glenn Summerhayes of Otago University did two archaeological digs in the Madang area of Papua New Guinea. These were in Malmal Village, located some...
Willis Talbot Crocker—a Lark Force survivor
Willis grew up in Melbourne then worked on stations in Queensland and NSW during the Depression. He returned to Melbourne in 1940 to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and his service number...
Two School Friends in the War in Papua New Guinea The Brave Coastwatcher with the ‘Golden Voice’: Leigh Vial 1909–43
Leigh Grant Vial, patrol officer and coastwatcher, was born on 28 February 1909 at Camberwell, Melbourne, eldest of four sons of Victorian-born parents, Stanley Browning Vial, school proprietor, and his wife Mary, née Smith....
Family Farm to PNG Development Bank — Story of a Didiman by Murrough Benson — Part Two
Part 1 in the June edition of Una Voce described my move to PNG and my posting as a didiman to Kundiawa, the administrative centre for the Chimbu District. IN MID-JUNE 1966 I was...
PNG’s Government-Village Communications Post-Independence by Robert Forster
Papua New Guinea’s first government had a well-established provincial, administrative and village contact structure on independence. At the core of the successful kiap system was a central bureaucracy that had direct contact with villagers...
Sir Michael Somare
By Ian Taukuro Ian Taukuro was in Grade 6 at Korobosea Primary School, where my wife taught, whilst I was working at Air Niugini 1979–88. In 2017 he gave this to her as a...
Sir Michael Somare & PNG by Ian Taukuro
Ian Taukuro was in Grade 6 at Korobosea Primary School, where my wife taught, whilst I was working at Air Niugini 1979–88. In 2017 he gave this to her as a commentary on the...
Art and Books
Nora Heysen, Official War Artist in PNG A recent exhibition was held of the works of Hans and Nora Heysen at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) at Federation Square in Melbourne. Nora Heysen...
