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Papua New Guinea Association of Australia

Documents

CONTENTS- Click on a section below to link to documents

1. Significant Speeches- Includes speeches relevant to the development of the relationship between Australia and Papua new Guinea

2. Public Documents-The following historical documents are available for all to download and enjoy.

Significant Speeches

Speeches

PM Albanese welcomes PM Marape to Australian Parliament

8th Feb, 2024

Charles W Lepani ex PNG High Commissioner speech 40th Anniversary of Independence

16th Sep, 2015

MP Dutton welcomes PM Marape to Australian Parliament

8th Feb, 2024

Speeches at Kiap tribute – Major-General Michael Jeffery and Charles W Lepani, PNG High Commissioner to Australia

20 Nov, 2010

PM Marape addresses Australian Parliament

8th Feb, 2024

Public documents

Public Documents

An Account of a Gold Prospecting Expedition into the Interior of New Guinea: July 1929 to February 1930

Ekkehard Beinssen

Fragments of New Guinea 1964 – Images

Images from Martin Kerr-1964

BOUGAINVILLE: before the conflict

An account of the life on Bougainville prior to the conflict by Anthony Regan & Helga Griffin

The Search for Nicolasa

Adam Phillip Liu

Video of the Interior of New Guinea: July 1929 to February 1930

Ekkehard Beinssen

Black Pearls and Red Tide

Study of the occurrence of the Red Tide in PNG by Jay Maclean

History of the Kokoda Track Walkway

Presentation made at the AGM (1/5/21) by Director, Alice Kang

Fragments of New
Guinea – Reports & Narratives 1964

The experiences of Martin Kerr in PNG in 1964

A History New Guinea’s Sepik Region

An epic story of the Sepik by Laurie Bragge

Man Bilong Draipela Bus

Banjo Patterson verse in Tok Pisin

Photos from the Region

History of the Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea – Laurie Bragge

The following is the epic History of Sepik Region which is comprised of 8 parts which are listed below. There is an enormous amount of content available here which will keep the readers occupied for many months.

Click on the description below to link to the document.

Sepik 1 – Pre-history from the beginning of time to 1885 or first contact (Part1)

Sepik 1 – Pre-history from the beginning of time to 1885 or first contact (Part2)

Sepik 1 – Epilogue – Ron May

Sepik 2 – The Winds of Change – 1885 – 1941

Sepik 3 – The Sepik at War – 1942 – 1945 (revised 2023)

Sepik 4 – Coming to Grips with the Future – 1946 – 1975 (Part 1)

Sepik 4 – Coming to Grips with the Future – 1946 – 1975 (Part 2)

Sepik 5 – Independence and Beyond

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