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Vale- 2022, June
ROACH, Henry Joseph (Harry) | WHITTAKER, June Lovina | SCRAGG, Elsie Joy ROACH, Henry Joseph (Harry) (22 January 2022) Late of Cooroy,...
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Jun 30, 20224 min read


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Jun 1, 20220 min read


Lights on the Horizon- Philip Fitzpatrick
Editing Papua New Guinean writers can be complex because it deals with writers whose first language is usually not English. Editing often...
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May 26, 20222 min read


Vale- 2022, March
BOOTH, Nicholas Peter | BURTON, James Frederick | KERLEY, Fr Kevin | RAMPLING, Anita (née Larcher) | STEWART, Michael John |...
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Mar 31, 202216 min read


Decline and Regeneration - Philip Fitzpatrick
In Part I of this story the author described the early stages of the creation of a national literature In Papua New Guinea. Further...
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Mar 11, 20226 min read


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Mar 1, 20220 min read


Vale- 2021, December
ADAMSON Marie Therese (Elma) | ADAMSON, Charles (Charlie) William | EDDOWES, Peter J | FAITHFUL, Denys | GARNER, Michael John Patrick...
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Dec 31, 202114 min read


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Dec 1, 20210 min read


Papua New Guinea’s Road to Independence
1883: HM Chester, Queensland Government Agent on Thursday Island, raised the Union Jack near present-day Port Moresby and annexed, on...
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Oct 15, 20213 min read


Vale- 2021, September
ANDREWS, Roy John | GRIFFIN, John, QC | OLIVER, Norman Francis | THISTLETHWAITE, Dr Robert ; ANDREWS, Roy John (28 April 2021) Roy,...
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Sep 30, 202110 min read


Paradiso - Steve Capelin
PARADISO BY STEVE CAPELIN: A STORY OF ITALIAN EMIGRANTS AND A 19TH CENTURY SCAMDate and Tme: Friday 09 July 2021 6:30 PM – 7:30 PMWhere:...
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Sep 7, 20212 min read


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Sep 1, 20210 min read


Vale- 2021, June
BATEMAN, Com Samuel AM RAN | HOSKING, Jennifer | KEMSLEY, James Herbert | LITTLER, Patricia (Trish) | ORR, Robbie | STOCKER, Dr Geoff...
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Jun 30, 202115 min read


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Jun 1, 20210 min read


Vale-2021, March
CAMPBELL, Colin Thomas | CAVANAGH, Noel Joseph | DAY, Murray Kenneth | DONALDSON, Claude Kenneth | DONE, Christopher Charles |...
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Mar 31, 202134 min read


Tales of PNG Speakers Event – 21 March 2021
Another fabulous PNGAA event at Hornsby RSL on 21 March 2021 with thanks to Sara Turner. Speakers and topics were:Jan Anthony – ‘The Way...
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Mar 23, 20211 min read


Strength & Fortitude by Annette (Bubby Guest) Ross (PNG Kundu 2021)
Pat and Bill Guest at Mia Catholic Mission, 1977 O n a cold Taree evening, my grandmother, Margaret (Maggie) and my grandfather, Edward (Ted), sat huddled in the draughty log cabin he had built on his soldier’s parcel of land given to him after WWI. Maggie was pregnant, and it was becoming evident that this baby, due sometime in August, was not going to wait. Faced with no other option but to lock the two small boys (Patrick was only three and Jim, two) in the cold log cabin
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Mar 14, 20215 min read


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Mar 1, 20210 min read


Vale- 2020, December
AISBETT, Margaret | ALLAN, Valerie (née Grant) | BOURKE, Myra Jean (née Schafferius) | BOURKE, Peter | DUNBAR-REID, Richard |...
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Dec 31, 202034 min read


Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC (Retd) by Max Uechtritz
SYDNEY –A great Australian, former governor-general, Major-General Michael Jeffery AC GCL CVO MC, died on Friday at the age of 83. General Jeffery had a close association with Papua New Guinea as the last Australian commanding officer of 2 PIR and as co-patron of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) since 2003. He had two stints with the Pacific Islands Regiment, from 1966-69 and 1974-75, and was present at Independence. Mr Jeffery was Australia’s 24th govern
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Dec 24, 20205 min read
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