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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...
John Mayers
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Vale- 2024, September
CLIFFORD | DAVIES | MAYNARD | McCARTHY | MOORE | NEEDHAM | PELIKAN | TAYLOR | WILLIAMS CLIFFORD, LeonSaturday, 18 May 2024 T he Clifford...
John Mayers
Sep 25, 202416 min read
John Mayers
Sep 1, 20240 min read
Cairns Function at Yorkeys Knob 27 July 2024
On Saturday 27 July former kiaps, friends and family gathered at Yorkeys Knob Boating Club in Cairns. About 45 people attended, with...
John Mayers
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Vale- 2024, June
ANDERSSON | BEATTIE | BECKHAUS | CLARKE | POTTS | TATE | NELSON Andersson, Lars OAM17 January 2024 Lars with the Governor, 2001...
John Mayers
Jun 30, 202414 min read
John Mayers
Jun 1, 20240 min read
Palmwoods Lunch Sunshine Coast, 13th March 2024
It was wonderful to have so many people join us for lunch at the Palmwoods Hotel in the Sunshine Coast (QLD) hinterland on 13 March. A...
John Mayers
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Vale- 2024, March
NELSON | REGAN | WEBER | YOUNG NELSON, Kieran7 February 2024 We are sad to advise that Kieran passed away at Greenslopes Hospital...
John Mayers
Mar 31, 20247 min read
Return to Volcano Town - R Wally Johnson & Neville A Threlfall, Reassessing the 1937–1943 Eruptions at Rabaul
This is an expanded, more detailed version of the book published by the same authors in 1985— Volcano Town: The 1937–43 Eruptions . That...
John Mayers
Mar 9, 20243 min read
John Mayers
Mar 1, 20240 min read
Vale- 2023, December
HARRIS | McGREGOR | LENEHAN | HARRIS, Gregory Vincent, 23 August 2023 Greg passed away in Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide after...
John Mayers
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Sydney Christmas Lunch December 2023
PNGAA Christmas Lunch, Sydney, 2 December 2023 A small but joyful group of members attended the Sydney Christmas function on 2 December...
John Mayers
Dec 28, 20231 min read
John Mayers
Dec 1, 20230 min read
Vale- 2023, September
BEIL | KENNY | OWEN | REDWOOD BEIL, Barry James14 June 2023 Barry Beil spent 22 years in PNG from 1957 to 1979 and made a significant...
John Mayers
Sep 30, 20238 min read
The Kiap’s Wife - Philip Fitzpatrick
When patrol officer Jack Forrest is transferred from the highlands to the backwaters of a sub-district somewhere on the coast of New...
John Mayers
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Operation Postern: The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943- Ian Howie-Willis
Some would say, what, another book on the taking of Lae? However, the author has produced one of the best modern campaign histories to...
John Mayers
Sep 8, 20233 min read
John Mayers
Sep 1, 20230 min read
A Dangerous Life- Marisa Jones
A Dangerous Land is an historical romance set in New Guinea during World War II. It attempts to showcase Australia’s colonial past in...
John Mayers
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Melbourne function 22nd July, 2023
There was a fantastic turn out of around 80 people at the Melbourne PNGAA lunch on Saturday 22 nd July at East Malvern RSL. Including 3...
John Mayers
Aug 7, 20232 min read
Vale- 2023, June
CLARKE | DWYER JOAN | DWYER PETER | NAMALIU | STENNETT CLARKE, Prue OAM 25 August 2022 Prue was born in Port Moresby on 21...
John Mayers
Jun 30, 20236 min read
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