VALES SEPTEMBER 2025
BETTERIDGE | BARNETT | DWYER | HUNTER | MELLOR | TOBIN | MURRAY BETTERIDGE, Charles 22 June 2025, aged 88 Charles was born in Lismore NSW, Australia, on 2 November 1937. Charlie, as he...
Issue: 2025 September PNG Kundu
MEMORIAL NEWS
The Pacific War and its Significance to the 50th Anniversary of PNG Independence In this 50th anniversary year of PNG Independence, we remember all those who fought and who died in WWII on what...
NEWS & VIEWS
ROUNDUP Featuring reports and updates on PNGAA projects and other news of interest to members The Kiap Memorial Update At the time of writing, the final design for the Kiap Memorial has been...
PNGAA REPORT
From the President Honouring the voices that carry our history, our culture, our spirit, and inspire us to reach further, is a theme reflected in celebrations acknowledging Papua New Guinea’s 50th Anniversary of Independence...
One People, One Nation, One Country
Australia’s 69-year administration in Papua New Guinea ended at midnight on 15 September 1975. Earlier that day the Australian flag, first raised on Papua New Guinean soil in 1906, was lowered ceremonially for the...
Memories of PNG’s Independence Journey
Australia and Papua New Guinea share a deep historical and contemporary relationship, highlighted by the warm respect between peoples from both countries who have shared the journey to independence and beyond. The PNGAA embraces...
Stronger Together, Growing the Future
Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Anniversary in 2025 will be celebrated with the theme ‘Stronger Together, Growing the Future’. This theme reflects the nation’s focus on economic diversification, infrastructure development, and partnerships with regional...
Bilong Papua New Guinea at the National Gallery of Australia
Bilong Papua New Guinea: 50 years of Independence is an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, opening 12 September 2025. The exhibition brings together a selection of the Gallery’s remarkable collection of...
Somare-Whitlam Australia Awards
The Australia Awards Papua New Guinea (AAPNG) are designed to promote knowledge and leadership, and enduring ties between Australia and PNG. The scholarships aim to build a qualified workforce, fill critical human resource gaps,...
Discovering PNG’s Cultural Diversity Along the Way to School
I was born a kanaka at Kondo village in Kandep, Enga Province, sometime in the mid-1950s. As a small boy, when I played with other children, there was no road in my village. We...
Kina & Toea: 50 Years
The denomination names of Papua New Guinea’s currency, kina and toea, originated from traditional shell money, which was historically used for trade, in ceremonies, and as a symbol of wealth amongst Papua New Guineans...
PNG at 50: We Are the Children of the 1960s—a Bridge Between Worlds
We were born in the late 1960s—into a world still under the shadow of colonialism, but stirring with the promise of freedom. The Queen was on our coins. English had just arrived in our...
