26 February 2012

Extract from "A New Life – Papua New Guinea" by Andrew Leslie Phillips

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These memoirs by ex-Patrol Officer Andrew Leslie Phillips, who was posted to Bougainville in 1969, should bring back lots of memories to man...
21 February 2012

A historical perspective

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THE ORPHANED ISLANDS OF BOUGAINVILLE AND BUKA As countries throughout history battled over territory, the mad rush to gain colonial territor...
9 February 2012

Loretta Donovan emailed from California:

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Hi, I came across your blog and site - GREAT! I was a child in Bougainville from 75-78. Dad - Bede Dowd was the manager at the number one ha...
3 February 2012

"Riverbend" on the South Coast of New South Wales for sale:

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You have to live somewhere - it may as well be Paradise! This is a highly irregular entry to publish something on my own behalf: the sale of...

Winston Jackson emailed from Cape Lambert:

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Peter, We lived on Bougainville from September 1978 till May 1982. My eldest son Ben started school at Bovo International. I was Constru...

Kellie Noonan emailed:

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Hi There, My family lived in Bougainville from 1974-1976 where my brother and I attended Bovo Primary School. My father was an engineer for...
1 February 2012

Arawa Drama Society

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Lynda Lapham sent these photos of a performance of the Arawa Drama Society. If anyone can put names to faces, please email me at riverbend[...
30 January 2012

Garry Snow emailed:

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Hi my name is Garry Snow. After discovering your web I was wondering if you have any photos of that era 1968-71 (Ian Sarge Williams was my b...
3 January 2012

Mark L Frankling emailed from France

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I had some very good memories of Bougainville It was sad to see all my favourate places, such as the Davara Hotel / Arovo Resort / the Kieta...

Bob Corbett emailed from Newcastle, Australia

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Julie was just browsing the web and chanced upon this website. Glad to read Alan's update of 2005. We have very fond memories of our tim...