Papua New Guinea Association of Australia
Highlands Province Photo Gallery
Gallery 1. Goroka Show 1957/58 - Ross Johnson
Gallery 2. Henganofi Patrol Post 1957/59 - Ross Johnson
Gallery 3. Highland Miscellany - Siebrand Petrusma
This is a collection of photographs that cover the visit of the Governor-General of Australia, Lord De L’isle, to Kainantu in 1964; the opening of Kagamuga Airport by Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1963; and various aviation pics including one on final approach to Wonenara in the Eastern Highlands.
Gallery 4. Chimbu Pig Festival 1961 - David Craig
The pig festivals celebrated in the Chimbu were some of the biggest occasions in the life of the local Kamanaku people. They were held every 4 yo 8 yearsdepending on the availability of pigs.
This festival was held at Parei near Kundiawa, Eastern Highlands in 1961. Over 170 pigs were killed during the morning.
The local festivals were held by 3 clans close to Kundiawa & were held in rotation over the years.
It was considered very important that the host clan killed as many pigs as had been killed by the previous host.
Give & receive in turn was firmly engraved into their thinking.
The festivals needed enormous planning & preparations as many visitors had to be accomodated.
Gallery 5. Highlands,Hagen & Tari 1969 to 1973
Dennis Gray
Gallery 6. Western Highlands Province - 1967
Jim van der Kamp
The following photographs were taken by Jim van der Kamp. Jim joined the PNG Public Health Department’s Malaria Control Programme as a Field Officer in January 1965 after 18 months service in the Army as a Medico in what was then Dutch New Guinea (now West Papua) and a break back in Holland.
Following a few weeks in Popondetta and Wanigela, Jim’s first posting was at Bolubolu Patrol Post on Goodenough Island where he remained for 5 months. He then spent 14 months at Mapamoiwa on Fergusson Island, patrolling all the D’Entrecasteaux islands including Woodlark and the Trobriand islands. In mid 1966 Jim was transferred to Rabaul for further training at the then Malaria Institute. In January 1967 he was posted to Minj in the Western Highlands as District Malaria Supervisor, moving to Mount Hagen in 1969. September 1973 saw a posting to Kieta, Bougainville, as Provincial Malaria Supervisor. After six and a half years of extensive patrolling, Jim, in 1980, was transferred to Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province and took up the position of Regional Inspector covering most of the Highland Provinces. Jim went “finish” in February 1985.
Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.
