PNGAA Library

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Crocs and other creatures

Crocodiles, Chips Mackellar
The crocodiles of Lake Murray, Adrian Geyle

Cultural insights

A New Guinea Christmas, Paul Oates
Clubs & welcomes, Adrian Geyle
Tales out of school, David J Craig

Independence

Reminiscences

Kiap

A career with a challenge, Tracey Clarke
Bob Cole and the fifty police badges, Chips Mackellar
Boiled puddings, Paul Oates
Border confrontation, Jim Quinn
Handcuffs: PNG version, Maxwell R Hayes
Kiaps of Papua New Guinea, Nancy Johnston
The Kiaps' Compendium, Nancy Johnston
The kiaps in a time of change, Donald Denoon
The late Ken Brown, kiap, Jim Toner
My kiap medal conundrum, Graham Taylor
Official Australian recognition of Kiaps' services, Chris Viner-Smith
We brought them shell, Jim Sinclair
We’ve come for the money, Adrian Geyle


Landfall experiences

Arrival in Popondetta, 1947, Marjorie Kleckham
Kay Cole’s introduction to New Guinea, Bob Cole

Law and order

Snapshots, Paul Quinlivan
A family matter, Chips Mackellar
Justice v. The Law, Pat Dwyer
Teaching the kids at Tinung, Adrian Geyle
The murder of Errol John (Jack) Emanuel, GC, Derek Bell

Media

Fun days in PNG broadcasting, Richard Jones
Radio comes to Kompiam, Ron Ehrke
Those early days had their moments
, Jim Eames


Medicine, Health and Science

Cannabis in Papua New Guinea, David McDonald
CSIRO in PNG, John McAlpine, Gael Keig and David Freyne
CSIRO in TPNG, John McAlpine
MTT to MD in 30 years—A human metamorphosis, Roy Scragg
Old men forget
, Peter Booth
Tigaso oil, David Marsh

On patrol

Bamu Patrol, Adrian Geyle
By donkey through the Adelberts, Chips Mackellar
Exploring the Jimi Valley, Paul Ryan
Final patrol, L Meintjes
Iuri patrol: night work, Adrian Geyle
Kudgeru and beyond, 1972, Paul Oates
Numbaira attack, Bob Cleland
Patrol walking times, Paul Oates

Outstation life

A Papuan Christmas, East Cape circa 1947, Valerie Allan
Derris, Paul Oates
Isolation in postwar Papua, Nancy Johnston
Parades and station management, Paul Oates
The beachcombers, Chips Mackellar
Trials & tribulations, Nancy Johnston
Sialum pig calling, Paul Oates
Variety in a slice of life, Lynore van der Borch

Town life

First bank in Kavieng, Jim Ridges
The Hagen country club, Chips Mackellar
The night Cinemascope came to Kerema, Graham Egan

 

People

A tribute to Peter Figgis, MC, Patrick Lindsay
Captain RR Cole, MC, Bob Harvey-Hall
Harry West: Gentle Man and Gentleman
, Fred Kaad
Luluai
, Adrian Geyle
Manki mastas of Madang, Chips Mackellar
Maprik's royal visit, Paul Dennett
Mi meri Tolai: Born and raised in Rabaul, Muriel MacGowan Larner
One man's kingdom–'King' Carson of Nuguria, Brian Darcey
PNGAA 2009 Adelaide reunion, Graham Taylor and Jan Kleinig
Sir Daniel Leahy, Gordon Dick
The Kukukuku, Chips Mackellar
A visit with King Cam of Kitava, David P Eyre

Places

Across New Ireland by foot, Peter Comerford
Barrick Gold 8000 feet above sea level, Gary Faulks
Blackcat trek, Andy Pirie
Emirau
, Warren Martin
Family trek, Andy Pirie
Fifties in Rabaul, Jan Barnes
Lombrum, Jerry Lattin
Rabaul's beginnings, Neville Threlfall

Poetry

Cry from the heart of an SOQ, Jim Toner
New Guinea, Bernard Oberleuter
The least is the greatest, Geoffrey Baskett


Project stories

From shoe box to shipping container, Richard Lornie

Roads and bridges

Opening the Kassam Pass, Bob Cleland
First Landrover To Mendi, Chips McKellar
The last road I built (Wanpela mo bladi rot na pinis olgera), Garry McKellar-James

Sport and leisure

The history of judo in PNG, Charles Betteridge
History of rugby union in PNG
, Denis Bradney
The Wau factor: Adventure tourism in PNG, Elizabeth Thurston
Village cricket, Hood Peninsula, 1965, Robert Grieve

Time before

Island trader, Gordon Harris
Memories of school days through the eyes of a Lapun B4, Patricia Poircuitte (neé Spence)
SY Komet, Robin Hide, Ken Humphreys & Neville Threlfall
The annexation of New Guinea, Queensland Government Gazette 1876
Traditional shell money, Maxwell Hayes

Transport

About pumps and fuel, Jim Eames
An incident at Poroma, Gerald Yates
Balus ikam - Talair PNG in the 1980s, Robin Mead
Beating the odds at Aseki, Ben Dannecker
Building Nuku airstrip, George Oakes
Fifty years ago in PNG, Brian Darcey
Horses on patrol, Chips Mackellar
Kiaps on bikes, Chips Mackellar
Madang Airport 1973, Bruce O'Reilly
MIVA in North Bougainville, 1934, Chris Dierke
Telefomin plaque and glider, Bruce O'Reilly


Travel

Going back for a look, Graham Egan
Tubo Eco-Tourism Lodge, Doug Robbins

Wartime

A daring escape, Gladys Baker
Ballarat memorials, Max Hayes, Erice Pizer & John McNabb
Dedication of the Australian Nurses War Memorial
, Pat Johnson
Edward (Ted) Kenna, VC, Charles Betteridge
Evacuation from Edie Creek, Hilda Johnson
Lark Force trek: Tol memorial, Frazer Harry
Let's recall what Bert really wrote in "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels (and other verses)"
, Stuart Inder
Merry Christmas be blowed, Pat Murray
More wartime recollections, Bob Emery
Read, Mason, Tashiro and the Bougainville mystery, Ken Wright
Recollections of ANGAU
, Tom Grahamslaw
The evacuation of Samarai, Boxing Day 1941, Rosalie Thacker (neé Skelly)
The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and the Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
The story behind the picture, John Phillips
The war on Kitava, Caroline L Cameron
Unveiling the Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse, Roma Bates
When the Japanese bombed Madang, Bob Emery