CSIRO in the Southern Highlands, 1961 – Ken Granger
Part 1: Learning the Ropes In late 1960 I was appointed as a technical assistant in the CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey, New Guinea Survey Section. My job was to assist...
Issue: 2023 2 June PNG Kundu
Rotary Sponsored Me in Papua New Guinea – by Suellen Holland
Even though I was born in India, I grew up in Rabaul on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. In 1969 and again in 1970, Rotary International sponsored me to represent...
Bundi—Before, During and After European Contact – By G Desmond Pike
Trading links between the villagers of the eastern coastal areas of New Guinea and the mountain dwellers of the interior had developed into a mutually beneficial barter system perhaps thousands of years before...
The Evacuation of the Sepik: JA Thurston’s Expedition April to September 1942 (part 2)
Elizabeth Thurston Part I of the story of this expedition appeared in PNG Kundu, March 2023. It described preparations for the expedition which included the collection of stores from Thurston’s mining claim and their...
Lest We Forget – by CAITLIN NASH
The impenetrable darkness sets upon the Pacific Ocean. It is the 22nd of June, 1942. Deep beneath the waves, an American submarine, the USS Sturgeon, lines up its oblivious target. The crew waits...
Finding Montevideo Maru
The ship at the centre of the worst maritime disaster in Australia’s history has been discovered more than 4,000 metres beneath the sea—81 years after it sank. Japanese transport ship, MS Montevideo Maru,...
