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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 30, 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 8, 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 30, 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 27, 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



John Mayers
Jun 1, 20230 min read


Prime Minister Marape Opens New Airport at Kavieng
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape said the Government was investing in other key infrastructure developments like the K125.7 million...

John Mayers
Apr 10, 20231 min read


Vales- 2023, March
ASHTON | HOOK | MCDONALD | OAKES | CAHILL | QUINLIVAN ASHTON, Jeremy Claude24 November 2022 Jeremy Ashton, born in July 1930,...

John Mayers
Mar 30, 202314 min read



John Mayers
Mar 1, 20230 min read


NSW Christmas Luncheon - 4th December 2022
A very successful Christmas lunch was held at North Ryde Golf Club in Sydney on Sunday 4 December 2022, with guest speaker Dulciana...

John Mayers
Feb 11, 20233 min read


Vale- 2022, December
ASMUSSEN, Alan | MILLS , John | SKINNER , David Ian Scott | Asmussen, Alan (5 July 2022) Alan Asmussen was born in Brisbane in...

John Mayers
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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