Tag - PNG history

Ron May: first contact

by Ronald J. May

October 1, 2021

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama at the Poka Youth Summit in Poka Village

Bougainville’s President Toroama: part two – business and music activities

by Anthony Regan

June 29, 2021

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (centre) at a reconciliation ceremony in Tonu

Bougainville’s President Toroama: part one – a little-known new leader

by Anthony Regan

June 29, 2021

Signing the Arawa land lease documents in 1970

A kiap in Bougainville: lessons for today

by Anthony Regan

June 25, 2021

PNG’s first prime minister, Michael Somare, and first Governor-General, John Guise, at the Independence Day ceremony in 1975

Obituary: Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare

by Ronald J. May

February 26, 2021

Third-born daughter, Nancy Kumanyal (in PNG meri blouse and hat), and Nepe Kumanyal (in Akubra hat) with other family members in the PNG National Museum Theatrette, August 2015.

For God, country, or what? Nepe Kumanyal’s war

by Gregory Bablis

October 21, 2020

Former PNG PM Michael Somare (left) with current PM Peter O'Neill (right) (Credit: PNG Blogs)

Political developments in Papua New Guinea in a historical context

by Michelle Nayahamui Rooney

May 3, 2019

British flag raised on New Guinea, 1883

The ties that bind: the Australia-PNG relationship

by Michael Wesley

August 17, 2017

Voices from the War cover image

Voices from the war: PNG stories of the Kokoda Campaign

by Timothy Pirinduo

June 27, 2017

Kokoda Track plaque

Significance of the centenary: history and commemoration of the Kokoda Campaign in Papua New Guinea

by Gregory Bablis

April 25, 2017