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Chris Warrillow It was on an Air Niugini flight in 1981 when I recalled events of more than 20 years before. I was reading the inflight magazine Paradise (No. 30, July 1981), and an...

Paul Oates During a police investigation in 1974, in the Sialum Patrol Post station office, I asked the village ‘komiti’ for his Village Book. This is the grey-blue book presented to each village on...

Tim Griffiths For some years Tim has been involved in a PNG heritage project. His goal is to celebrate the anniversary of independence with an installation in regional centres of interpretive panels displaying historic...

Theresa Meki Papua New Guinea will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an independent nation in September 2025. This momentous milestone will undoubtedly be marked by jubilant celebrations. However, it also prompts reflection on 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, and...

Celebrating PNG’s 50th Anniversary of Independence BRISBANE PNGAA Annual Lunch: Saturday, 9 August 2025 Golden Jubilee celebrations of 50 years of Papua New Guinea’s independence will be held in the Function Room of the...

Part TWO: Paul Munro AM Moving from Part One of this memoir to focus on the topic of Rule of Law, in 1960, as in 2025, no more important icon of sociolegal discipline exists...

Help Wanted Does anyone have knowledge of or the contact details for Mr Denholm, who was headmaster at Goroka Primary in the mid-seventies? If so, please contact Dave Lornie at email postbuka@gmail.com and/or Andrea...

Australian War Memorial, Canberra—1 July 2025 The Last Post Ceremony at the AWM will commemorate George Christopher Harrington NX191465 and the 83rd anniversary of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru. All are welcome to...

Joan Winter, International Partner Omie Tapa Art PNG The moment I stepped off the plane at Jacksons Airport in 1972 I fell in love with Papua New Guinea. I collected my first Oro tapa...

Ian Howie-Willis I have reason to remember Tuesday, 16 September 1975, Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day. It was one of the most convivial days of my life, mainly spent rejoicing with old friends in...

Anthea Matley—part two Returning to Port Moresby in 2018 During dinner that evening in Port Moresby, the hotel manager, an Australian, approached us. Average height, with grey curly hair and wearing a grey uniform...

National Identity Cards In January 2025, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape directed that all PNG citizens be registered with a PNG National Identity (NID) by 16 September 2025 to coincide with the...

A Note from the President We are privileged to have this wonderful Association filled with energy 74 years after it was founded. The AGM on Sunday, 27 April 2025 highlighted the unique connections, the...

Ian Smith This story follows an earlier article of Ian’s, published in 2022, about Patlangat Plantation in New Ireland. Working with Papua New Guinea Highlanders on a remote coastal copra plantation in the early...

Part TWO • BAKA BINA This story picks up from Part One in the March issue where Baka wrote about when he was in Grade 4 and the school children were being taught a...

Part One of the story of one pilot's miraculous escape from a crash in an infamous jungle Richard Broomhead Between 1965 and 1996, there were 685 accidents (as opposed to incidents) involving aircraft in...

Papua New Guinea will celebrate 50 years of independence from Australia on 16 September 2025 with a public holiday, but during the year there will be special events commemorating the 50th Anniversary, including diverse...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 17 December 1936, Pope Francis was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013. Inspired to join the...

  COLLIS | KAUAGE | VICKERS |  ALPERS | MARCHMENT | LEPANI  COLLIS, Norma 23 January 2025 Norma married Ted Collis in 1954 in Forbes, NSW, while Ted was enjoying six months' leave from...

Joy Benson • PART ONE It’s 5 September 1967 and I’m winging my way to Port Moresby. Having not long completed a year of Midwifery training at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne following...