6 September 2021

China's growing influence in PNG?

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Click here   The PNG Philatelic Bureau has issued a warning to collectors to avoid bogus PNG sta...

Kokoda Track

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For those who did it, bittersweet memories ( moi included!); for those who haven't yet, as a warning!  

Alan Wilson emailed from Newlands Arm in Victoria:

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  This memorial Bougainville Copper Project website is now more than fifteen years old. Quite soon after its first ap...

Malcolm (Mal) Paterson, Director Projects & Business Development of 3RE Group Australia emailed:

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Dear Peter I hope you and your family are well and relaxed in thought that the current covid madness will be soon gone. I love yo...
16 August 2021

William Ashworth emailed from Brisbane:

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Bill Ashworth today, 82 years young, and fit as a fiddle   Hello, my name is William (Billy) Ashworth and I was the ve...
28 June 2021

The Largest Gold And Copper Deposit In The World

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  The gigantic FREEPORT Erzberg job in Irian Jaya. I was still with BECHTEL on Bougainville when they b...
12 June 2021

Not Bougainville but this soundless 1957 footage is worth a look

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11 June 2021

Gerardus Mercator has a lot to answer for

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  New Guinea is the world's second-largest island, and with an area of 785,753 km², the largest island in the S...

Tales of Papua New Guinea

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Christopher J. Eastoe   Chris Eastoe has written this engaging story of his short six-week stint on Bougainville...
21 May 2021

Adam Constanza's visit to Panguna in 2018

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In 2018, after a couple of years living in nearby Arawa, Adam Constanza had an opportunity to visit and explore Panguna mine, which ...