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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



John Mayers
Mar 10 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



John Mayers
Dec 1, 20240 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



John Mayers
Sep 1, 20240 min read


Cairns Function at Yorkeys Knob 27 July 2024
On Saturday 27 July former kiaps, friends and family gathered at Yorkeys Knob Boating Club in Cairns. About 45 people attended, with...
Deryck Thompson
Jul 31, 20242 min read



John Mayers
Jun 1, 20240 min read


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...
Claire van Bakel
Apr 25, 20241 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



John Mayers
Mar 1, 20240 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...
Claire van Bakel
Dec 27, 20231 min read



John Mayers
Dec 1, 20230 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
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