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50 Years of Independence Community Day: Canberra ACT – Visit NAA, NGA and National Library on 13 September 2025!
The 50 Years of Independence Community Day in Canberra is a collaboration between the National Archives of Australia, the National...

Andrea Williams
Sep 22 min read


Living Art: Papua New Guinea- Susan Cochrane
Living Art: Papua New Guinea By Susan Cochrane Please use this link: Living Art: Papua New Guinea | Melbourne Books To get the discount,...

Andrea Williams
Aug 142 min read


Sharing Histories Event: Kiap Tribute at national Archives of Australia, 20th November 2010
These photographs were taken at the Sharing Histories event at the National Archives of Australia, 20 November 2010. Barbara and Tony Try...
Ross Johnson
Jul 291 min read


Christmas Luncheon - Sydney - 2010
Christine Leonard Harry West and Jan Sinclair James Sinclair and Robert Blaikie Jane and Sara Turner Janis Kleinig, Barbara Jennings and...
Tom Jones
Jul 291 min read


PNGAA Canberra Dinner to celebrate PNG’s 50th Independence – 30 August 2025
The Papua New Guinea Association of Australia invites you to a Canberra Dinner to Celebrate 50 Years of Independence This is an...

John Mayers
Jul 171 min read


Nobodies to Somebodies: Experiences of PNG PALM Workers in Australia and NZ
Nobodies to Somebodies: Moukele Migrant Workers from NCD, PNG in New Zealand and Australia Date: Tuesday 28 Jan 2025 1pm – 2pm AEDT...

John Mayers
Jul 122 min read
Eileen Patricia ATHERTON
9 January 1992, aged 75 Eileen was the widow of Carson Atherton, who was a Works Supervisor with the PNG Public Works Department and...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Carson (Kit) ATHERTON
25 September 1989 Kit first went to PNG as a member of the 2/6 Commando Company after training at Foster. He fought in the Owen Stanley...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Hazel Elena ASTLEY
25 June 1998, aged 72 Hazel Astley, who died in Perth after a long illness, worked for many years in Papua New Guinea and was a director...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Alan Asmussen
5 July 2022 Alan Asmussen was born in Brisbane in 1938. He went to (then) TPNG in 1960 as a Cadet Patrol Officer and was initially posted...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Evelyn Jean ASHWORTH
March 2014 Reported by Jan Kleinig, no further details available.

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read


Jeremy Claude ASHTON
24 November 2022 Jeremy Ashton, born in July 1930, was educated at Winchester School and graduated MA at Trinity College Cambridge in...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Desmond Norman ASHTON
16 February 1995, aged 78 Des was born in October 1916, at Auckland, New Zealand, he was educated at Whangarei High School. He went to...

John Mayers
Jun 263 min read
Jeanne ASHTON
29 May 1988 Died after a long illness. Survived by husband Des, former District Commissioner, and two daughters. No further information...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
John Gerrard ASHCROFT-SMITH
8 January 2001, aged 77 ‘Smithy’, as he was always known during his 18 years in Port Moresby, was born in Adelaide. He grew up in...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Brian ASH
late 1998, aged approximately 66 Brian lived in Auckland, New Zealand. He worked in Rabaul, Wewak, Madang and Port Moresby between 1956...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Michael John Ingham ARTHUR
15 October 2009, aged 70 Michael was born in Haberfield, Sydney, in 1939. He spent some time in new Zealand working on the Milford Track...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
Dr John ARMSTRONG
10 February 2005, aged 80 Born in Leura, John achieved his medical degree from Sydney University in 1947 and then worked in hospitals and...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
William ARMSTRONG
March 1996 Bill had been trained in the army as a medical orderly. He was in ANGAU and later became a Medical Assistant. In late 1949 and...

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
H ARMSTRONG
January 1982 No details available.

John Mayers
Jun 261 min read
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