The Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 and integrated into the PNGAA in 2013. The society encourages students and adults to explore the significance of WWII in the Papua New Guinea...
Australian achievements in Papua New Guinea during WW II were critical to victory in the Pacific War against the Japanese. Australians fought alongside men of the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Pacific Islands Regiment,...
Featuring articles and news reports about contemporary Papua New Guinea—also included are the nation’s sporting achievements and events, and stories about young people doing interesting things—we encourage young people to become involved in PNGAA...
Kiunga Sub-District, North Fly District On transfer from Kandrian (West New Britain District), and after visiting Regional Office (Syd Saville was Regional Rural Development Officer (RRDO), followed by Fred Kleckham and Mick Belfield) and...
My first memories of going down the Boluminski Highway were the animals — village pigs, chickens, dogs. The birds took off sometimes nearly hitting my elbow as it hung out the window. Passing Utu...
BATEMAN, Com Samuel AM RAN | HOSKING, Jennifer | KEMSLEY, James Herbert | LITTLER, Patricia (Trish) | ORR, Robbie | STOCKER, Dr Geoff | WALKER, Marjorie Louise | WORCESTER, Jack William BATEMAN, Commodore...
Looking for a Heroine I am working on a book and TV documentary project that has a missing link that one of your readers may be able to provide. During the 1942–43 Battle of...
As well as organising PNGAA events, members of the Management Committee continue to network on your behalf, attending a wide range of events and activities, encouraging new members and possible partnerships to keep our...
Papua New Guinea is a land of tremendous contrasts—of smiling people, mad keen rugby players and followers, complex cultural dynamics and displays, singing that is out of this world, scenery that is gobsmackingly stunning,...
In July 1946, Sister Constance ‘Paul’ Fairhall returned to Papua and was able to round up patients, old and new, and with some original staff, return to Gemo. It had grown from three to...
Tony Friend, a kiap who also worked as a development officer and community liaison officer, spent more than thirty years in remote areas of Papua New Guinea. For almost half of the time he...
Why were Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) pilots in the Territory of Papua New Guinea (TPNG) flying secondhand freighter aircraft from Pakistan? In 1948 the Pakistan Air Force ordered a batch of Bristol Brigand fighter-bombers...
On 18 October 2020 Commodore Sam Bateman, AM, RAN, died aged eighty-two. He was one of the leading maritime strategists of his generation and has left a significant legacy. Sam was born in Cottesloe,...
‘Food Forests.’ I know about that! I have seen food forests before! I saw them in Papua New Guinea, on the Oil Palm West New Britain scheme in 1968. This article stimulated my memory...
Cultural insights / Exhibits / FEATURED
The Bilas Exhibition – Australian Museum, 27 September 2023
August 30, 2023
