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His Excellency John Kali CMG OBE, PNG High Commissioner to Australia, to meet PNGAA members 27 April 2025
PNGAA is delighted that His Excellency John Kali CMG OBE, PNG High Commissioner to Australia, and his delightful wife, are visiting...

John Mayers
Apr 91 min read


Prime Minister Marape’s New Year & Australia Day Messages
As Papua New Guinea approaches 2025, the year marking 50 years of independence, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape issued a heartfelt...

Andrea Williams
Mar 64 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...

Andrea Williams
Mar 53 min read


Help wanted- did you work in one of PNG’s Government agencies?
Help wanted for compilation of book material – Grateful for copies of photographs and words on personal recollections of working in one...

John Mayers
Feb 131 min read


Notice of Annual General Meeting Sunday 27 April 2025 – Rydges Hotel, North Sydney
The 74TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Incorporated will be held in Sydney on Sunday 27 April...

John Mayers
Feb 123 min read


PNGAA Congratulates Year 11 Scholarship holders
The PNGAA is delighted to hear the results from the nine students it supported again last year.PNGAA congratulates all six students from...

Andrea Williams
Jan 232 min read


PNGAA Congratulates Year 11 Scholarship holders
The PNGAA is delighted to hear the results from the nine students it supported again last year.PNGAA congratulates all six students from...

John Mayers
Jan 232 min read


50th Anniversary of Independence
On 16 September 1975, the nation of Papua New Guinea achieved its independence from Australia.The Papua New Guinea Association of...

John Mayers
Jan 91 min read
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...

Andrea Williams
Nov 5, 20242 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


Australia Gives Newbuild Patrol Boat to Papua New Guinea
Shipbuilding group Austal has delivered the ninth Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel,...

Andrea Williams
Nov 30, 20222 min read


Goroka Coffee at Melbourne International Coffee Expo
Papua New Guinea-based coffee bean exporter, Elijah Harro of Alpha Coffee Collective, joined forces this year with industry stalwart and...

John Mayers
Oct 31, 20222 min read


Australian Ministers at COP27 in Egypt
Writing in The Age on 7 November 2022 Nick O’Malley reported that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would not be at the scheduled Climate...

John Mayers
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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