Hi
my name is Paul Holmes and I worked on the island from 1977 to 1981 ,eddie Mckinnon was the crusher super in those days Mal LEES THE ANGRY ANT Was the will manager '
MY LOVELY WIFE WORKED FOR THE thec college Jan.
email add
jannpaul@austarnet.com.au
Best regards
Paul
19 June 2010
Anne Svoboda
Hello
My married name is Anne Svoboda and I was married to Peter Svoboda, who also worked for Bouganille Copper. We are now divorced.
When I worked at Panguna from September 1970 to September 1971, I was Secretary to Don Veron, who was the General Manager and my name was Anne Prideaux.
On my return to Melbourne I worked for CRA until the end of July 1972 when I retired from the workforce to have my first baby. I eventually returned to CRA in 1979 to do part time work in the CRA Archives Section; then in early 1980 I worked for a year as Secretary to Jim Tyler who was a Director of the Company at that time. I eventually commenced full time work with CRA in Feburary 1981 and worked at CRA, CRA/RTZ and finally Rio Tinto until early July 2004, when I retired.
I live in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne and in my retirement I do voluntary work with a Voluntary Resource Organisation in Heidelberg, called Volunteers of Banyule. I am at present also on the Committee of Management for this organisation. I belong to the Heidelber g VIEW (Views Interests and Education of Women), and I belong to two Book Clubs.
I am now the proud grandmother of two beautiful granddaughters; Mischa who is my daughter, Elizabeth's little girl; and Georgie who is the daughter of my son Paul and his wife Margy.
Regards,
Anne Svoboda
isvoboda@bigpond.net.au
My married name is Anne Svoboda and I was married to Peter Svoboda, who also worked for Bouganille Copper. We are now divorced.
When I worked at Panguna from September 1970 to September 1971, I was Secretary to Don Veron, who was the General Manager and my name was Anne Prideaux.
On my return to Melbourne I worked for CRA until the end of July 1972 when I retired from the workforce to have my first baby. I eventually returned to CRA in 1979 to do part time work in the CRA Archives Section; then in early 1980 I worked for a year as Secretary to Jim Tyler who was a Director of the Company at that time. I eventually commenced full time work with CRA in Feburary 1981 and worked at CRA, CRA/RTZ and finally Rio Tinto until early July 2004, when I retired.
I live in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne and in my retirement I do voluntary work with a Voluntary Resource Organisation in Heidelberg, called Volunteers of Banyule. I am at present also on the Committee of Management for this organisation. I belong to the Heidelber g VIEW (Views Interests and Education of Women), and I belong to two Book Clubs.
I am now the proud grandmother of two beautiful granddaughters; Mischa who is my daughter, Elizabeth's little girl; and Georgie who is the daughter of my son Paul and his wife Margy.
Regards,
Anne Svoboda
isvoboda@bigpond.net.au
Peter Svoboda
Hi Peter
my name is Peter Svoboda and just found your super Bougainville memories blog. It was a picture in particular provided by David White that got my full attention. I recognised him and myself on it.
I came in june 1969 to Pan Flat to be the assistant catering officer and later on was the chef in camp No 2. I recall some great fun, cricket matches in the camp and the easygoing friendship.Later on I ran the VIP quarters in Panguna.
Well, we were young and so eager.
With best regards
Peter
pfs1@seznam.cz
my name is Peter Svoboda and just found your super Bougainville memories blog. It was a picture in particular provided by David White that got my full attention. I recognised him and myself on it.
I came in june 1969 to Pan Flat to be the assistant catering officer and later on was the chef in camp No 2. I recall some great fun, cricket matches in the camp and the easygoing friendship.Later on I ran the VIP quarters in Panguna.
Well, we were young and so eager.
With best regards
Peter
pfs1@seznam.cz
Clive Nevell
Hi
I lived for the most part of my stay on Bougainville in Panguna. During my stay there I was involved with the Panguna Squash Club and was president for 5 years as well as being president of North Solomons Squash Association for 2 years.
Theses are some picture from my time involved with squash while on Bougainville.
0137-Qld Idustrial Steels Handicap Comp in Panguna, Clive presenting the shield to the winner (just forget who that was now)
0138-Val Yeates presenting the Durralloy Shield to Clive Nevell, winner of the Duralloy Handicap Comp in 1983.
0139-Don Vernon (chairman of the BCL) presenting the the shield to Ross Tilby, winner of the Don Vernon Cup (around about 1986/87)
0140-Don Vernon presenting Pauline Bastian with the spoils for winning the womens event
0141-Clive Nevell (president of Paguna Squash Club) thanking Don Vernon for coming to Panguna and presenting the shields at this time.
Feel free to add these photos to the Bougainville Copper Project site
Regards
Clive Nevell
clive_nevell55@hotmail.com
Paul Nerau
Hi, My name is Paul E Nerau, I am now living in Brisbane as the Consul General for Papua New Guinea for the last 6 years. I come from Buin in South Bougainville. My association with Bougainville Copper Ltd started in 1968 as a student from Marist Brothers, Rigu I worked at the Pilot Plant at Pan Flat for 6 weeks on Christmas Vacation Job. In 1969, I again worked in the Barapinang Supermarket as a Cashier during Chistmas Vacation.
In 1971 I took up University Studies in Law under BCL Scholarship and Graduated in 1975. After that I joined BCL only for 3 months and resigned to join Gary Ray at BDC. BDC also arranged for my secondment with Mallensons Stephen Jaques, Lawyers in Sydney in 1977. Returned after the 12 months and took up appointment with BDC.
I can honestly say that BCL was by far the BEST Trainers in PNG. I have recognised many names on this site and May I say you are all welcome to Bougainville, the Paradise on Earth! The Reunion in Brisbane 2010 you are all welcome.
Paul E Nerau LLB, OBE
cg@kundubne.org
In 1971 I took up University Studies in Law under BCL Scholarship and Graduated in 1975. After that I joined BCL only for 3 months and resigned to join Gary Ray at BDC. BDC also arranged for my secondment with Mallensons Stephen Jaques, Lawyers in Sydney in 1977. Returned after the 12 months and took up appointment with BDC.
I can honestly say that BCL was by far the BEST Trainers in PNG. I have recognised many names on this site and May I say you are all welcome to Bougainville, the Paradise on Earth! The Reunion in Brisbane 2010 you are all welcome.
Paul E Nerau LLB, OBE
cg@kundubne.org
Graham Cunningham
Hi Peter
I recently observed the "Honour Roll" and wish to add my name to it. I worked for Minenco as the project/construction Planning Engineer on the pre concentration and screening plant project and lived in Panguna from 1986 through to mid 1987.
Looking at the photos on the "Honour Roll" website and cannot help with names but met someone years ago that might be able to help.
His name is Phil Billerwell and I met him when he was the GM of the Novotel Northbeach Wollongong in 1999/2000. Phil told me he was the opening GM for Arovo Resort. Lost contact with him since then but if you can locate him he might be able to put names to faces.
I am now living in Sydney. After Bougainville I was sent by Minenco to KPC in Jakarta and was there on and off until I went back as a Commissioning Engineer for KPC in 1990 thru 1991. I stayed in Indonesia until returning to Sydney in 1997 but have been in the hotel/property development sectors since leaving KPC
Running through your website throws up lots of names of people that also ended up at KPC (e.g. Lansell Taudevin who my wife knew very well at KPC). What I am unsure on from your website is how long ago some of the posts were made. The town manager for KPC came from BCL (but I cannot remember his name). Eric Shaw came across as Construction Manager as did Jeff Hocking (who I see on your Honour Roll).
I can remember faces but not many names of people I worked with at Minenco. The accountant had been there with Minenco for years (had his own yacht) but I cannot for the life of me remember his name, Gary??. Was talking to a guy today at Nambawan Super Fund in Port Moresby (Wayne Smith) who also said he was there from 86-89.
Anyway, please keep up the good work. The overarching comments on your website are that it was the best years of their life (whether as a child, wife or employee) and it was.
Regards, Graham
Hello again Peter,
A little more time to reflect and expand on our posts this afternoon.
In my project planning engineer days I marvelled at what had been built at Bougainville when I arrived there in 1986 and wondered what it must have been like to plan the mine and support facilities and get it built. I knew from my planning experience that the combinations of the terrain, environment and remote location must have made it one heck of a tough job. Until today I had never 'met' anyone who was part of the original crew.
Large green field projects like this are rare and unfortunately, a once in a lifetime event. They come along at a time when many qualified and otherwise interested people are too advanced in their career or settled in their lifestyle to be considered for the rigours of site work (although they could probably still hold their own in any drinking contest) or they are still gaining their qualifications and are inexperienced.
Having pondered what it took to plan such an undertaking as Bougainville I could not believe my good fortune to be sent by Minenco to Jakarta straight after Bougainville to perform the planning for Kaltim Prima Coal. This was at the start of feasibility stage where KPC was only about 15 people and mine deposit mapping/reserves was just starting. I had to prepare the project master schedules for;
a) mine development, 6 open cut pits then underground + 20 years with minimal mining engineering completed
b) mine site facilities including crushing, wash plant, stockout etc, from concept artiste drawings
c) overland conveyor, at that time the worlds longest single flight at 13.7km, through 7km of swamp and only 3 conceptual drawings, some aerial survey photos and a lot of advice from the Mt Tom price conveyor crew
d) port stockout, reclaimers, causeway, berthing/loading facilities
e) social infrastructure - 3 townships, schools, recreation, hospital, mosque(s), churches
f) mine infrastructure - airport, road, steam generation, diesel generation, electrical grid, mine buildings, port buildings, potable water, sanitation etc.
g) feasibility infrastructure to extract 60,000t shipments loaded by barge and ship grab for trial burning at potential contract buyers power stations.
All in all a big job and the schedules I put together then were still the same master schedules (but expanded as design/construction/commissioning proceeded) that we used at the end. As I say I was very privileged to have been involved from the start to the end.
I would hope that your experiences on Bougainville were similar to mine at KPC because when I got to Bougainville it was all very well set up and civilised (well almost so).
While my days do not seem as exciting as they did in Jakarta or Bougainville I have been able to provide equally similar challenges for myself by running my own business since coming to Sydney (e.g. refurbishing John Howards offices in Sydney when he was PM).
Thank you for your time and I look forward to following your website.
Regards, Graham
Graham@pertcon.com.au
I recently observed the "Honour Roll" and wish to add my name to it. I worked for Minenco as the project/construction Planning Engineer on the pre concentration and screening plant project and lived in Panguna from 1986 through to mid 1987.
Looking at the photos on the "Honour Roll" website and cannot help with names but met someone years ago that might be able to help.
His name is Phil Billerwell and I met him when he was the GM of the Novotel Northbeach Wollongong in 1999/2000. Phil told me he was the opening GM for Arovo Resort. Lost contact with him since then but if you can locate him he might be able to put names to faces.
I am now living in Sydney. After Bougainville I was sent by Minenco to KPC in Jakarta and was there on and off until I went back as a Commissioning Engineer for KPC in 1990 thru 1991. I stayed in Indonesia until returning to Sydney in 1997 but have been in the hotel/property development sectors since leaving KPC
Running through your website throws up lots of names of people that also ended up at KPC (e.g. Lansell Taudevin who my wife knew very well at KPC). What I am unsure on from your website is how long ago some of the posts were made. The town manager for KPC came from BCL (but I cannot remember his name). Eric Shaw came across as Construction Manager as did Jeff Hocking (who I see on your Honour Roll).
I can remember faces but not many names of people I worked with at Minenco. The accountant had been there with Minenco for years (had his own yacht) but I cannot for the life of me remember his name, Gary??. Was talking to a guy today at Nambawan Super Fund in Port Moresby (Wayne Smith) who also said he was there from 86-89.
Anyway, please keep up the good work. The overarching comments on your website are that it was the best years of their life (whether as a child, wife or employee) and it was.
Regards, Graham
Hello again Peter,
A little more time to reflect and expand on our posts this afternoon.
In my project planning engineer days I marvelled at what had been built at Bougainville when I arrived there in 1986 and wondered what it must have been like to plan the mine and support facilities and get it built. I knew from my planning experience that the combinations of the terrain, environment and remote location must have made it one heck of a tough job. Until today I had never 'met' anyone who was part of the original crew.
Large green field projects like this are rare and unfortunately, a once in a lifetime event. They come along at a time when many qualified and otherwise interested people are too advanced in their career or settled in their lifestyle to be considered for the rigours of site work (although they could probably still hold their own in any drinking contest) or they are still gaining their qualifications and are inexperienced.
Having pondered what it took to plan such an undertaking as Bougainville I could not believe my good fortune to be sent by Minenco to Jakarta straight after Bougainville to perform the planning for Kaltim Prima Coal. This was at the start of feasibility stage where KPC was only about 15 people and mine deposit mapping/reserves was just starting. I had to prepare the project master schedules for;
a) mine development, 6 open cut pits then underground + 20 years with minimal mining engineering completed
b) mine site facilities including crushing, wash plant, stockout etc, from concept artiste drawings
c) overland conveyor, at that time the worlds longest single flight at 13.7km, through 7km of swamp and only 3 conceptual drawings, some aerial survey photos and a lot of advice from the Mt Tom price conveyor crew
d) port stockout, reclaimers, causeway, berthing/loading facilities
e) social infrastructure - 3 townships, schools, recreation, hospital, mosque(s), churches
f) mine infrastructure - airport, road, steam generation, diesel generation, electrical grid, mine buildings, port buildings, potable water, sanitation etc.
g) feasibility infrastructure to extract 60,000t shipments loaded by barge and ship grab for trial burning at potential contract buyers power stations.
All in all a big job and the schedules I put together then were still the same master schedules (but expanded as design/construction/commissioning proceeded) that we used at the end. As I say I was very privileged to have been involved from the start to the end.
I would hope that your experiences on Bougainville were similar to mine at KPC because when I got to Bougainville it was all very well set up and civilised (well almost so).
While my days do not seem as exciting as they did in Jakarta or Bougainville I have been able to provide equally similar challenges for myself by running my own business since coming to Sydney (e.g. refurbishing John Howards offices in Sydney when he was PM).
Thank you for your time and I look forward to following your website.
Regards, Graham
Graham@pertcon.com.au
Kila Tore
Dear families of Bougainville,
It is with great pleasure and kind of mixed feelings to come to this page. I don’t really know how I come to this page, what I was doing on my computer, but surely enough a missing puzzle to complete a life’s history. I will never forget but treasure as long as I live. My name is Kila Tore from 1968/9 to 1989. Have worked as camp assistant, Camp manager, Personnel officer and HR/Personnel Supervisor. Bougainville crisis that cut short my employment career with BCL. Worked in location like Kobuan Camp, Pink Palace, B60, Loh 6 and Arawa Maintenance and lived in Arawa Township.
Many emails I have just read brought back the memories of Bougainville BCPL & BCL days. Yes, we had a little family of our own, just like a little heaven on earth.
The company itself was the first mine and taught lot things that are happening today. I for one have come up in ranks. I did helped John Davidson established JDA office in Port Moresby now known as “Wokman”, left JDA to work for Chevron New Guinea and than with Clough New Guinea as the HR man in charge of recruiting and later with InterOil Corporation, Upstream as Exploration and Drilling Coordinator, the position I now holds today.
I knew most of you all as I read through taking my time. Yes, most PNG personal, some have kicked the bucket, most have gone home to village life, some became businessman and many other became top shot in all walks of life. Yes, it’s a small world for us and sometimes cross roads in many places.
Like today is my lucky day, I have come across to you all. My heart is with you all and a journey that waits for all.
May you all have a happy day and stay safe in where ever and what ever you’re doing.
My email addresses;
Work # Kila.tore@interoil.com
Yahoo # kilat_099@yahoo.com.au
Lukim yupela sampela taim.
See you some day!!
Cheers,
Kila Tore
It is with great pleasure and kind of mixed feelings to come to this page. I don’t really know how I come to this page, what I was doing on my computer, but surely enough a missing puzzle to complete a life’s history. I will never forget but treasure as long as I live. My name is Kila Tore from 1968/9 to 1989. Have worked as camp assistant, Camp manager, Personnel officer and HR/Personnel Supervisor. Bougainville crisis that cut short my employment career with BCL. Worked in location like Kobuan Camp, Pink Palace, B60, Loh 6 and Arawa Maintenance and lived in Arawa Township.
Many emails I have just read brought back the memories of Bougainville BCPL & BCL days. Yes, we had a little family of our own, just like a little heaven on earth.
The company itself was the first mine and taught lot things that are happening today. I for one have come up in ranks. I did helped John Davidson established JDA office in Port Moresby now known as “Wokman”, left JDA to work for Chevron New Guinea and than with Clough New Guinea as the HR man in charge of recruiting and later with InterOil Corporation, Upstream as Exploration and Drilling Coordinator, the position I now holds today.
I knew most of you all as I read through taking my time. Yes, most PNG personal, some have kicked the bucket, most have gone home to village life, some became businessman and many other became top shot in all walks of life. Yes, it’s a small world for us and sometimes cross roads in many places.
Like today is my lucky day, I have come across to you all. My heart is with you all and a journey that waits for all.
May you all have a happy day and stay safe in where ever and what ever you’re doing.
My email addresses;
Work # Kila.tore@interoil.com
Yahoo # kilat_099@yahoo.com.au
Lukim yupela sampela taim.
See you some day!!
Cheers,
Kila Tore
11 June 2010
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