MEMORIAL NEWS
Tell Your Story! Remembrance Day, 11 November 2023 and RMvM’s online education Patrick Bourke, the RMvM Education Co-ordinator, continues to contact schools to share our story—but the association needs your help to do this...
Issue: 2023 4 December PNG Kundu
VALES – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
HARRIS | HELEN & JIM | WEBER HARRIS, Gregory Vincent 23 August 2023 Greg passed away in Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide after a short illness. He was 75 years old. Greg’s early career...
PNG IN THE NEWS – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Paul Puri Nii wins Writers Award in Australia The Book Manuscript Award of the First Nations Writers Festival (FNWF) was awarded to Paul Puri Nii, a Papua New Guinea national, at a ceremony in...
BOOK & ART REVIEWS
Still Waters Run Deep LOUISA VALENTINE The author lived in Port Moresby from 1969–74, accompanying her husband who worked for Posts & Telegraphs, while she worked for the Department of Agriculture Stock & Fisheries...
LETTERS & MEMORIES
Reminiscing … I was born at Vunapope mission 1948 and lived at Gilalum plantation out past Bitapaka War Cemetery. My grandfather, JT (Jack) Allan, owned the plantation. Jack was also a coast watcher during...
EVENTS DIARY & NEWS
Visit to Bilas Exhibition The rich cultural heritage of the communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was showcased in a multimedia exhibition, Bilas, held from 9 June 2023 to 2 October 2023 at the...
PNGAA REPORT
From the Management Committee President’s Resignation In early September 2023 Chris Pearsall, President of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA), reluctantly resigned due to ill health, following a fall a few months...
Australia’s Worst Air Crash Commemorated Eighty Years On
The worst air crash in Australian history happened on 7 September 1943. It is one of the best kept secrets of World War II. Eighty years later, Leslie Thomson, who was there, would rather...
The Merrie England – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
David Jones Merrie England was a pretty ship with a jolly name. She was well known on the Brisbane River when she came for her annual overhaul or regular visits, lying lightly at anchor...
On Patrol with Mike Eggleton at Morehead – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Deryck Thompson On Wednesday, 26 April 1972 I arrived at Morehead Station by twin-engine Baron aircraft and was met by Mike Eggleton, who was the Assistant District Commissioner (ADC) for the Morehead Sub District...
Horse Riding in Port Moresby – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Deborah Edwards (Mapleson) My family went from Melbourne to Port Moresby in 1966, Dad as the manager of Moniers at Six Mile. We were only there for a year when he passed away, unexpectedly,...
Teaching English in Primary Schools in PNG – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Ken McKinnon AO In 1959 Ken McKinnon was moved from his position as Education Officer for the Western District, to Port Moresby as Inspector of Schools Papua. In 1960 he was promoted again and...
A Canadian Prairie Family in Gili Gili: 1925–29, Part 2 – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Katherine Pettipas—Part 2 From 1925 to 1929, a Canadian prairie family from Manitoba could not have been further from home. During this time, William and Kate McGregor, and their daughter Rubina, lived on the...
A Good Beginning – Dec PNG KUNDU 2023
Kerry Wilson In 1955, Most Rev. Leo Arkfield, SVD, DD, visited the Reverend Mother Damian Duncombe rsm at All Hallows’ Convent in Ann Street, Brisbane. Born in the United States and in charge of...
CSIRO in the Southern Highlands, 1961, Part 3 – Dec PNG Kundu 2023
Part 3: Going Solo Ken Granger From Kagua the main party moved further south toward the Erave River and the limestone country. Their traverse would take them through lightly populated country so it would...
