VALE – December 2021
ADAMSON Marie Therese (Elma) | ADAMSON, Charles (Charlie) William | EDDOWES, Peter J | FAITHFUL, Denys | GARNER, Michael John Patrick | GRAVES, Trevor Welford (Peter) | LANGMAN, Peter Albert | MELROSE, Leo |...
Issue: 2021 4 December PNG Kundu
PNGAA Update
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...
PNG In The News
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...
Memorial News
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...
Letters & Enquiries
Featuring commentaries about previously published articles and news items, along with opinions of interest to PNGAA members. Also included are enquiries from those who require assistance with their research or finding someone from the...
Art & Book Reviews
Featuring books about Papua New Guinea and reviews, art and craft exhibitions, interviews of interest to members and information for authors, artists and craftspeople. Michael Veitch The Battle of the Bismarck Sea During...
Papua New Guinea’s Road to Independence
1883: HM Chester, Queensland Government Agent on Thursday Island, raised the Union Jack near present-day Port Moresby and annexed, on behalf of Queen Victoria, that part of New Guinea and adjacent islands lying between...
‘Faster, Higher & Stronger’
The Olympic Games are the epitome of sporting competitions. They bring together the world, through love of sport. The Olympic motto of ‘Faster, Higher & Stronger’ captures the determination of athletes from around the...
Literature in Papua New Guinea Part One: TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING BEGINS
Philip Fitzpatrick Although Papua New Guinea has a rich tradition of oral literature, it was not until 1970 that the first novel by a Papua New Guinean writer was published, The Crocodile by Vincent...
The Day I Gave the Bad News to Kela Smith
WILL MUSKENS The people who live along the Sepik River, who depend upon it for their livelihoods, are facing the fight of a lifetime. The Chinese-owned Guangdong Rising through its subsidiary, PanAust, is seeking...
Recollections of a Plantation Manager in the New Guinea Islands
Ian Smith In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Papua New Guinea relied heavily on copra- and cocoa-producing plantations to generate export income. Most of these properties were owned by two large companies, Burns...
Our Walk from the Gimi Valley to Baimaru
HUGH MILLER My reason for writing the following is that both the June 2021 and September 2021 issues of PNG Kundu had references to Kuru and Carleton Gajdusek. I never met him as he...
The Imuri Fire Dancers
Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi Vincent Kumura, whose fire dancers were on the front cover of the September issue of PNG Kundu, and I became Facebook friends several years ago. Having Gende (Bundi) friends in common, I...
A Walk from Tapini to Kokoda and Port Moresby
BOB HOAD I walked the Kokoda Trail many years ago. Tasked to do an election patrol for the House of Assembly (I was the Returning Officer, amongst other things), I started from my station...
The Search for Nicolasa
OTHERWISE, THE MOTHER CHIN HOI MEEN NEVER KNEW — An Historical Saga from Past to Present ADAM PHILLIP LIU Prologue: Origins Unrequited Stricken with a cerebral glioma, a type of malignant brain tumour, and...
