President’s Report
It was wonderful to see three new nominations for the 2017-2019 PNGAA Management Committee join nominations from former committee members. Welcome to Russell Wade, Yana Di Pietro and Chris Warrilow – joining Doug Wood...
Tagged: March2017
Identity of the Two Coastwatchers – A sequel by James Burrowes OAM
The following is a sequel to the ‘How Australian Coastwatchers turned the tide of the Pacific War’ article printed in the December edition of Una Voce, in which it was told ‘the Japanese...
Kavieng’s Wireless Communication – 100 Years by Jim Ridges
Today mobile phones, email and internet, make it easy to forget that for almost the first 100 years of New Ireland’s development from the earliest colonial days, it was accomplished without any form...
Kokoda Incident by Bob Fayle
It was a Saturday in early 1965. I was the Assistant District Commissioner (a Kiap) at Kokoda in the Northern District of Papua New Guinea and as usual on a Saturday I was down...
A tribute: Late ‘Sir’ Pendepa Hera Una Voce March 2017
This is an attempt to write a tribute to a legend, an idol, a visionary, yet one of the most unique humble Yuna men who ever lived. In so doing we ask that ‘Sir’...
Vale: Sir Henry Chow
CHOW, Sir Henry D. 21 January 2017 aged 83 Sir Henry Chow, born 1933 Rabaul, was patriarch of the Chow family – a long-established and respected line, whose roots in Papua New Guinea go...
Vale: Thomas Arthur Steen 27/6/1932 to 3/11/2015 by Bessie Steen Una Voce Mar 2017
THOMAS ARTHUR STEEN 27/06/1932 to 3/11/2015 aged 83 years Tom was born in Leeton, New South Wales the eldest of three children, spending his early years in Yanco where his father was the licensee...
ACCPN Update by Andrea Williams and Paul Munro
Australian Community Centre for Pacific Nations PNGAA’s proposal for an Australian Community Centre for Pacific Nations, (ACCPN) thus far has been given only support by those most directly responsible. Draft Management Plans for the...
Proposal for a Scholarship Scheme ‘The PNG Kiap Scholarship’
to promote mutual understanding between Australia and Papua New Guinea Background The lack of awareness of PNG in Australia, given our two countries reside either side of the Torres Strait, is palpable. This lack...
Memorial News
75th ANNIVERSARY SERVICES RABAUL and MONTEVIDEO MARU – to be held in RABAUL on 22 JUNE 2017, the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT, on 1 July 2017. These services remember all those lost in...
Catalina Estate Mystery By Bob Piper
After World War II and into the 1960s a drive to Sirinumu Dam, in the cool heights above Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, always meant passing a mysterious and derelict Catalina flying boat...
No 1 Neighbour – Art in PNG 1966 – 2016” at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.
PNGAA members were doubly impressed by this exhibition and by the knowledge and commitment of Curator, Ruth McDougall when they enjoyed a private tour for PNGAA members in January, 2017. Extract from the Essay...
Plantation Life by Ralph Sawyer
Plantation life is largely the untold story of TPNG. There are several reasons for this. Plantation owners and managers were practical doers rather than reporters and recorders. Clearing, planting, harvesting and labour management were...
HEBOU PNG Barramundis By Patrick Bourke
I recently watched the PNG national cricket team, the HEBOU PNG Barramundis, batting at Hurstville Oval, Sydney, during the 50 over match on Sunday 12 February 2017. They were playing a NSW Second XI...
NGVR & PNGVR Association Patron Awarded Royal Life Saving Society’s most prestigious award by The Queen
A renowned Brisbane paediatrician whose work led to the fencing of backyard pools to prevent toddler drownings has received the Royal Life Saving Society’s most prestigious award from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Professor...
