Multiple Provinces Photo Gallery

Gallery 1. Oro, Central and Highlands - 1957/67
Neil Lucas

Gallery 2. Windows of Papua New Guinea 1958/76

Harley Dickinson

Gallery 3. Golden Oldies 1884/1975- Chris Read

Gallery 4. The Hawnt Collection 1930’s- Ted Hawnt

Gallery 5. Kevin Lock 1961/75- Kevin Lock

Kevin Lock did the second E Course (Teacher training) at Rabaul in 1961 and was posted to Arehava Primary School in the Gulf District and later at Madang Technical College. He left PNG in late 1964 returning in 1970 (now married with one daughter) to manage the Bainyik Vocational Centre in the East Sepik and later the Popondetta Vocational Centre. He left PNG in 1975.

Gallery 6. Dennett – 1963/72- Paul Dennett

Gallery 7. People in PNG 1969-75 - Dennis Gray

Gallery 8. West Irian 1969-75 - Dennis Gray

Gallery 9. TISA: A teacher's experience in PNG
Roy Kirkby

Like so many expatriates, I was attracted to Papua New Guinea long before I arrived there. My interest began in England as a high school student in the late 1940s through a world map which showed the mainland as partly unexplored; this stimulated in me a desire to visit. Later that fascination was expanded with a desire not only to go there but to stay and work. In 1960, when I embarked on an around the world experience, the Arctic Circle and New Guinea were on the top of my list. It took until 1962 on my travels via Canada and Australia to get there.

Gallery 10. Popondetta, Wanigela, Rabaul & Bougainville 1965/75 - Jim van der Kamp

Jim Vanderkamp was with the Public Health Dept, Malaria Control. The following photographs cover some of Jim’s experiences and tours of duty at Popondetta, Wanigela, Rabaul and on Bougainville.

Gallery 11. New Guinea National Football League
Hugh Maher

Herewith, a couple of photographs of the Aussie Rules teams that we put together in Lae in the early 1960’s. There was no actual competition in Lae, but we used to rake up enough players in Lae and from the surrounding towns to challenge Port Moresby, where there was a regular competition. Those from Madang and Goroka were flown in courtesy of Reg Ansett and we also had one or two who came in from the outstations. I seem to recall we had one game each year, one in Lae and the next year in Port Moresby.

Herewith some background on the players (of those that I remember). Maybe some other viewers can fill in on the others or correct any errors I may have made.

Harry Bellette – BPs Lae; Gordon Farrelly – plumbing business, Lae; Peter Broadhurst – Patrol Officer; Arvi Pitkanen – Comworks, Lae; Noel Blair – Govt Stores, Lae; Tom Collins – Govt Stores, Lae; Emil Endor I think was based in Madang; also Will Muskens; Fred Hill P&T, Lae; Hugh Maher – Treasury, Lae; Greg Goudie – businessman, Lae and Patron; Alan Stevens, I think was with DCA; Horrie Niall of course, was the District Commissioner; Bob Jones – Comworks, Lae;

Bob Christiansen – Treasury, Goroka; Bill Hannam worked for Gordon Farrelly; Tom Duncan – P&T, Lae; Sam Leigh – Education; Dave Tarrant – Govt Stores, Lae; Denis Molan – Bank of NSW, Lae.

Gordon Farrelly was a top rugby player and rugby league coach (he was our fitness coach) and Bill Hannam also was a fine league player, both with Comworks team in Lae. Noel Blair was a top Aussie Rules player in Tasmania before coming to PNG and “Ginty” Stevens was a top player in the ACT with Ainslie F C.

Purists will note that there are only 16 team members in the side that played in Port Moresby; wingmen were dispensed with because of the lack of space playing on a rugby league field.