Established in 2009 to represent the interests of the families of the soldiers and civilians captured in Rabaul and the New Guinea Islands after the Japanese invasion in January 1942, and the sinking of...
HOWCROFT | DENOON | HARDY | LOCKLEY | RIDDELL | WEARNE | THURSTON HOWCROFT, Neville OBE 2 November 2024 Queensland-born Neville Howcroft joined the Queensland Forestry Department as a trainee in forestry survey and...
American Historical Expert Promotes Historical Literacy for PNG Tourism Dr Brent Glass, former Director of the National Museum of American History and senior advisor to the Smithsonian Institute, made a special visit to the...
BOOK REVIEW Ashurst in PNG: A short history of the law firm Ashurst and its predecessors in Papua New Guinea MICHAEL CHALLINGER This excellent new book, Ashurst in PNG, traces the history of a...
Chatswood Catch-Up 18 November 2024 Attending the latest PNGAA Catch-Up were Warren Martin, Wendy Smith, Greg Corner, Ros & John Godlee, Steven Gagau, Peter & Lucille Stace and Roy Ranney. It’s an informal social gathering at the Chatswood Bowling...
Vision for an Australian-Pacific Cultural and Community Centre It is crucial for Australians to learn about Pacific people and cultures. Acknowledging Australia’s taking PNG to a peaceful independence is very much a significant part...
Gregory Leech & Kylee Andersen, WA On a bright sunny morning, a memorial service took place in the spacious West Chapel at Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia, for a truly pioneering scientist and compassionate humanitarian,...
Capt. Garry Honour, Retd A Tribute to Aviators in PNG Here are a few tales put together remembering some legendary Papua New Guinea aviators whom we all respect. Captain GA (Dick) Glassey The following...
Professor Craig Alan Volker In this monthly discussion we will answer one question about language in PNG and beyond. This month we are looking at how Tok Pisin started, just who started it, and...
Part Three – Peter Stace & JW (Bill) Gornall The Gateway for new rural development officers (didiman) to the PNG islands: Personal Experiences in 1967 Parts One and Two of this article focused on...
Peter Worsley I spent about 18 months as Officer In Charge at Kalalo Patrol Post on the north coast of the Morobe District, 2,500 feet above sea level. My nearest airstrip was at Wasu...
Gregory J Ivey & Russell Wade This article outlines the pre-independence evolution of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), although readers may be aware that the first indigenous battalion was formed by the...
Chips Mackellar Tom Leahy was a scion of that famous pioneering dynasty of PNG. Like his equally famous family contemporaries, Mick and Danny Leahy, Tom was widely respected and much loved by expats and...
Dr David Tierney Recognising sacrifices made during the WWII Bougainville Conflict, Papua New Guinea The image, from page 15 in the Sydney Sun, 19 August 1945, with the caption ‘He was my mate’, shows...
Peter Skinner The chance discovery by Derek Baldwin of a small black and white school photograph in an old suitcase makes one wonder what other historic Papua New Guinea images are buried in family...
