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September Una Voce JOURNAL of the PAPUA NEW GUINEA ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA INC (Formerly the Retired Officers Association of Papua New Guinea Inc) ISSN 1442-6161, PPA 224987/00025 2005, No 3 - September Una Voce JOURNAL OF THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INC (formerly the Retired Officers Association of Papua New Guinea Inc) Patrons: His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Mrs Roma Bates; Mr Fred Kaad OBE The Christmas Luncheon In This Issue will be held on IN 100 WORDS OR LESS 3 Sunday 4 December 2005 PNG INDEPENDENCE 6 Mandarin Club Sydney NEWS FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 7 This year’s Christmas luncheon will NEWS FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA 9 be a special celebration for PNG’s PNG...IN THE NEWS 10 th 30 anniversary of Independence. ABC LAUNCHES PNG HISTORY WARS 13 THE FRYER LIBRARY 20 The lively atmosphere will include WALKING THE KOKODA TRACK 22 entertainment by some PNG WALK INTO PARADISE 27 dancers. HELP WANTED 28 Full details in next issue GREETINGS FROM THE AIRVOS Please get your replies in quickly as APARTMENTS 29 numbers are limited. NEW IRELANDERS CROSSED MAINLAND Invite or meet up with old friends from PNG 32 your past and reminisce about days gone GURIA! 35 by over a glass of wine and a Chinese SAMARAI – PRE 1940 38 banquet. Extended families, friends, children and grandchildren of ACPSRO AND SUPERANNUATION 39 members are most welcome and we can THE SKULL 40 organize tables to accommodate all ages BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 42 and interests. Jot the date in your THE DIARIES OF EDWARD (TED) BISHTON 46 diary now and start making those VALE 51 phone calls! WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS 56 CHANGE OF ADDRESSES 56 www.pngaa.net ‘UNA VOCE’ IS THE JOURNAL OF Correction to the June Una Voce: THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA Page 28 Line 11 the date for the amalgamation ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INC of the Territory of Papua and the Territory of Please send all correspondence to: The New Guinea into the Territory of Papua New Secretary, PNGAA, PO Box 452, Guinea should be 1949. Roseville NSW 2069. Items for Una Voce Visit to the Blue Mountains are welcome and should be marked ‘For Attention: The Editor’ or emailed to: The annual springtime visit to the Blue [email protected] By submitting your Mountains will take place on Thursday 13 article/story for publication, you agree October. Again we are having lunch at the that we may, after publication in Una home of Edna and George Oakes, 5 Werona Voce, republish it on the internet unless Avenue, Woodford – phone (02) 4758 8754. you advise us to the contrary. They have plenty of space and there are Una Voce is published in March, June, expansive views from the verandah and garden September and December. to Kurrajong and beyond. For the energetic there are short walks to adjacent waterfalls and Advertising Rates: quarter page $50, lookouts. half page $100, and full page $200. The Oakes’ will meet those who travel by train Website: www.pngaa.net at Woodford Station with transport, but it is Membership is available to any only 10 minutes to their house for anyone who person having an interest in PNG. prefers the picturesque walk. Annual subscription - $15. The The train departs from Central Country membership year corresponds to the Concourse at 9.02am and arrives at Woodford calendar year and an application form is at 10.32am. Returns from Woodford at 2.51pm available from the Secretary at the and arrives Central at 4.37pm. Join us! We had above address or you can download one a wonderful day with Edna and George last from our website. year. Please contact Pam Foley Ph: 9967 2818 PNGAA Office Bearers – by Monday 4 October. Harry West President Harry West 02 9418 8793 Deadline for next Deputy President and Secretary issue Pamela Foley 13 October 2005 Phone 02 9967 2818 Fax 02 9967 2856 Assistant Secretary DISCLAIMER: Una Voce is produced for the Joe Nitsche 02 9451 2475 information of members of the Papua New Membership Officer & Treasurer Guinea Association of Australia Inc. It is Ross Johnson written with care, in good faith, and from Phone 02 9876 6178 sources believed to be accurate. However, Fax 02 9868 2068 readers should not act, nor refrain from acting, Email: [email protected] solely on the basis of information in Una Voce Editor of Newsletter about financial, taxation or any other matter. Andrea Williams Having regard for their own particular Phone 02 9449 4129 circumstances, readers should consult the Fax 02 9449 4196 relevant authorities or other advisers with Email: [email protected] expertise in the particular field. Neither the Caring Committee PNGAA nor the editor accepts any Pat Hopper 02 9953 7061 responsibility for actions taken by readers. Superannuation Committee Also, the views expressed by any of the authors Fred Kaad 02 9969 7217 of articles included in Una Voce are not necessarily those of the editor or the PNGAA. 2 IN 100 WORDS OR LESS – PNG INDEPENDENCE In 1975 there were many expats leaving PNG and I was one of them. As an Industrial Relations Officer with the Dept of Labour I had been issued with a leather brief case bearing the gold stamp lettering TP & NG. Just prior to leaving I realised that it should be handed back in, so I went to see William Edoni, the Papuan Officer who was to be in charge of Industrial Relations. When I told him that I wanted to return the brief case he said, with a pleasant smile ‘Oh, no Dave, you keep it – it is only a relic from the colonial era’. It was just one little letter of the alphabet – ‘T’ (for Territory) but it made a heck of a difference and was, understandably, about to be eradicated quickly. Dave Tarrant Independence Day Mendi Southern Highlands - That special day with the court house covered in PNG National flags. I recall former DDC, Gus Bottrill, was invited to return to PNG and lower the Australian flag. As an artist I have since painted that scene with the beautiful mountain backdrop and put together forty paintings ‘The Windows of My Life 1958-1976’. Hopefully I will see the paintings returned to PNG. Harley Dickinson Returning to PNG after an absence of five years, we arrived in Port Moresby on 12 September 1975. After depositing our baggage, we headed for the stores for some necessities. Here, we found, to our horror, that the most important item on the shopping list was unavailable, as an embargo on the sale of liquor prior to Independence Day was in place. The great occasion looked like being anything but a celebration. However, the day was saved by an old DCA hand who, bless him, had taken the motto ‘Be Specific, Say South Pacific’ to heart; had stocked up for a few rainy days, and helped us out so that we were able to greet the dawn of a new era in the manner to which we had grown accustomed. John and Christina Downie Tuesday September 16th 1975 - what a great day for Papua New Guinea, for Australia in helping PNG reach this day, and for all the kiaps and others who had been trying to prepare the Papuans and New Guineans for this momentous day. From 1970 to 1975 firstly Self Government and then Independence had been a major part of our political education when on patrol. Where I was in the Highlands, it was a difficult and frustrating topic. Invariably kiaps returning from patrol would say – ‘Bring it on, let the people experience it and discover for themselves that it won't adversely affect their lives.’ The great sigh of relief was probably heard in Australia! By Independence Day I was stationed in Rabaul. On September 14th 1975 I was privileged to spend several hours on board HMAS Torrens, being given a guided tour and being allowed to be up on the flying bridge while the ship was manouvered to its anchorage in Rabaul harbour for Independence Day. On the 15th I attended the ceremony for the lowering of the Australian flag, in Queen Elizabeth Park. On the 16th I watched the colourful street parade, followed by the impressive ceremony for the raising of the new PNG flag, including a gun salute by HMAS Torrens. In the afternoon I refereed two soccer matches as part of the celebrations, in one of which a Rabaul team beat an HMAS Torrens team 3-1. A truly memorable day in many ways. Brian Hartley 3 INDEPENDENCE EVE By Ron Fergie This is a framed watercolour (69x53cm) painted by Ron Fergie from a photo taken off Ela Beach in September 1975. Ron says that ‘Ela Beach was alive with celebrating lakatois and sluggish expatriate boats like mine were fair game. So, as I photographed this lakatoi and its exuberant crew sheering past my trailer sailer, I took their hail to be a good-natured gesture of derision. Clearly our Coral Queen was a lame duck and a very appropriate target (as my watercolour faithfully records, our self-furling jib was badly twisted around the forestay!) But as I look back now, 30 years later, there was something of a symbolic gesture here for all outgoing expatriate administrators – these very capable young Papua New Guineans were the new leadership ‘sending us off’ before they took over the wheel! I retired from the statutory appointment of PNG National Statistician in 1976 but was back to Port Moresby in later years on some of my short-term consultancy and training assignments. In 1996 I discovered a latent painting talent and now in my eighties enjoy reliving exciting times by way of my colour slide photos and by-product artwork such as this!’ Ron Fergie It was a sad moment for many of us when our flag was lowered for the last time as the official one.
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