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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


The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - Michael Veitch
During the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate attempt at controlling the South West Pacific. In the Battle of the...

John Mayers
Apr 61 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...
Roy Ranney
Mar 8, 20243 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


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


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...

Andrea Williams
May 26, 20222 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...

Andrea Williams
Mar 11, 20226 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:...

Andrea Williams
Sep 7, 20212 min read


The Volcano’s Wife: The Great Untold Story - Amalia Cowley and Pamela Virtue
This absorbing and heart-felt story will appeal to anyone with a soul and a love for Papua New Guinea and its people. It has some...

Andrea Williams
Oct 2, 20154 min read
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