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- When were telephones first used?
- when did the Post Office in German New Guinea begin?.
- What is the earliest letter known to pass through the Port Moresby Post Office?
- What was the name of the film starring Chips Rafferty filmed in the 50's?
- When did the Nationwide Microbank sign its 100,000th customer?
- Where was Masta Mick from?
- When was Buk bilong Pikinini started?
- Where can I find the history of Sogeri National High School?
- When did the Sogeri School start?
- Who were the band members of Sanguma?
- Lincoln Agreement?
- What year did Francis Ona declare Bougainville independence?
- Who won the Miss Billfish 2010 competition?
- When did the Moresby theatre start?
- Name 3 people who were involved in the PNG independence negotiations.
- When was there a shark attack that killed two people in Madang?
- What are the names of the traditional tribes near Ukarumpa?
- What is the original name of the plantation where Ukarumpa is?
- When was the 2010 UOG graduation ceremony?
- What is the old German name for Madang?
- How old was Singirok when he became General?
- Who were the soldiers who helped to remove Sandline from the country?
- What is Sukundimi?
- What is so important about Kuk Swamp?
- Who was Shaggy Ridge named after?
- When was Chesire Homes opened?
- Where can I find important PNG Dates?
- History 1884 - German New Guinea
- When did PNG become a colony of Great Britain and Germany?
- History 1884 - British New Guinea
- History 1888 - British New Guinea
- When was British New Guinea created?
- History 1898 - British New Guinea
- History 1899 - German New Guinea
- History 1901 - British New Guinea
- History 1906 - Territory of Papua
- History 1914
- When was first European contact made with PNG?
- What year was PNG first inhabited?
- Where did the first inhabitants of PNG come from??
- Who have been appointed and or acted as Governor General of PNG since 1975?
- Who was David Osborne Hay?
- Has the Pope ever visted PNG?
- Queen Elizabeth II is the head of PNG but has she ever visited the country?
- Where is the JK McCarthy Museum?
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- When were telephones first used?
The first local telephone systems were established by the Germans at the towns of Rabaul and Herbershore now known as Kokopo in 1907 with small exchanges of 10 and 12 lines respectively. The two telephone exchanges were interconnected. The first local Port Moresby telephone service began in 1910.
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- when did the Post Office in German New Guinea begin?.
The Post Office in German New Guinea began in 1887.
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- What is the earliest letter known to pass through the Port Moresby Post Office?
The eaeliest postmark has been reported as being on the 26th of August 1885. Before this some letters from Port Moresby had been endorsed with a Postmark "NG" enclosed in an oval of eight bars supplied by the Queensland Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Earlier letters probably had their stamps cancelled with a Cooktown postmarker. The stamps used in the early days and through to 1901 were those of the Colony of Queensland.
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- What was the name of the film starring Chips Rafferty filmed in the 50's?
It was called Walk into Paradise but it was renamed Walk into Hell for the American market. It was filmed in 1956 and released in 1957. -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049931/
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- When did the Nationwide Microbank sign its 100,000th customer?
Tommie Seriate, a 49-year-old widow and mother of four who operates a small coffee garden in the Eastern Highlands, about two hours by road from the provincial capital, Goroka became the 100,000th customer in May 2011.
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- Where was Masta Mick from?
Michael "Mick" James Leahy MBE (26 February 1901 - 7 March 1979) came from Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia
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- When was Buk bilong Pikinini started?
Buk bilong Pikinini was founded in March 2007 by Anne-Sophie Hermann and Anna Mukerjee.
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- Where can I find the history of Sogeri National High School?
The history of Sogeri has been recorded in a 342-page book titled Sogeri – The School That Helped To Shape A Nation by former schoolteacher Lance Taylor.
http://www.librarything.com/work/2139874/details/
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- When did the Sogeri School start?
Sogeri National High School holds a special place in the education history of PNG.
The school began in 1944 when commander of ANGAU (Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit) Major General Basil Morris decided to set up a ‘central school for teaching natives various trades’ on Sogeri plateau outside Port Moresby.
Established at the former site of the 113 Australian Convalescent Depot, the school was blessed with mild climate and green environment that was a stark contrast to the hot and dusty Port Moresby only kilometers away.
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- Who were the band members of Sanguma?
Raymond Hakena
Thomas Komboi
Sebastian Miyoni
Tony Subam
Leonard Taligatus
Baruka Tau
Paul Yabo with guest performance by
Ben Hakalits
Aaron Murray
Jesse James Pongap and
Apa Saun
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- Lincoln Agreement?
The Lincoln Agreement on peace, security and development was signed in Christchurch, New Zealand during Jan 1998.
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- What year did Francis Ona declare Bougainville independence?
It was in May 1990 when Francis Ona declared Bougainville independent and formed the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) with himself as president.
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- Who won the Miss Billfish 2010 competition?
The Miss Billfish 2010 was won by 21 year old Catherine Kereku at a crowning ceremony held at Kokopo's Ralum Club. It was the first time the contest has been run in five years.
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- When did the Moresby theatre start?
The Moresby Arts Theatre can trace its roots back to the Library Institute Hall and an adjourning reading room built in 1913 and opened in 1914.
In 1950 the building was renovated, following wartime bomb damage. At this time the old Library Institute was reconstituted to form the Arts Council, and the Hall was renamed the Arts Theatre. It reopened in 1951
Dick Whittington was the last production held there in December 1972 before moving to Waigani. The site of the present Waigani Arts Centre.
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- Name 3 people who were involved in the PNG independence negotiations.
Michael Somare, John Guise, John Momis are just a few of the people involved. There were many others such as Donatus Mola, Albert Maori Kiki etc
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- When was there a shark attack that killed two people in Madang?
A tiger shark attacked three people in one day in Madang Harbour in PNG killing two people on the 7th of February, 1996. Nine days later it struck again, claiming its third human life.
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- What are the names of the traditional tribes near Ukarumpa?
Traditional enemies the Gadsup and Tairora as well as other tribes.
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- What is the original name of the plantation where Ukarumpa is?
The 500 acre Peacock Plantation.
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- When was the 2010 UOG graduation ceremony?
The University of Goroka, Eastern Highlands province, held its 13th graduation ceremony on Friday the 11th of June, 2010.
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- What is the old German name for Madang?
Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen
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- How old was Singirok when he became General?
In 1995 Jerry Singirok was appointed commander of the PNGDF at age 38.
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- Who were the soldiers who helped to remove Sandline from the country?
Apart from General Jerry Singirok,
General Singirok has praised the fllowing people -- Lieutenant Colonel Walter Enuma, Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Toropo, Captain Belden Nama, Captain Bola Renagi, Lieutenant Linus Osoba, Warrant Officer Chris Mora, Sergeant John Koraia, and members of the Special Force Unit, the Defence Force soldiers and officers, all the elements from the Air Wing, Naval Wing and the Land Element.
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- What is Sukundimi?
Sukundimi is the great Sepik River god.
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- What is so important about Kuk Swamp?
Kuk is a site of immense importance because it demonstrates that people on the island of New Guinea independently invented agriculture at the same time as people in the Middle East.
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- Who was Shaggy Ridge named after?
The ridge was named after an Australian soldier, Captain Robert "Shaggy Bob" Clampett, commander of "A" Company, 2/27th Infantry Battalion, the first Allied ground unit to reconnoitre the area during World War II.
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- When was Chesire Homes opened?
Cheshire Home is a Non-Governmental Charity Organisation that provides a variety of services for people with various types of disabilities in and around Port Moresby.
Cheshire Home in Port Moresby was opened in 1965.
See -- http://www.cheshire.org.pg
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- Where can I find important PNG Dates?
Some of the more significant historical dates can be found below and other dates are hidden under the various categories. Use the search box to help find the answer you want. Keep the question simple to find an answer.
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- History 1884 - German New Guinea
The German government proclaimed north-eastern New Guinea and the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago as a Schutzgebiet (Commercial Protectorate). The region became known as German New Guinea.
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- When did PNG become a colony of Great Britain and Germany?
PNG became a colony of Great Britain and Germany in 1884. Between 1884 and 1888 Papua was a British protectorate. It then became a colony of Great Britain in 1888 and continued with that status until 1906. Sir William MacGregor became the first Lieutenant Governor of Papua for part of this period. Papua then became Australian Papua and continued to do so, under the aegies of the longest serving Lieutenant Governor, Sir Hubert Murray, until 1942 when both Papua and New Guinea came under control and direction of the Australian Military rule.
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- History 1884 - British New Guinea
The British government proclaimed a Protectorate over south-eastern New Guinea the region became known as British New Guinea.
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- History 1888 - British New Guinea
The British government transferred British New Guinea from Protectorate to colonial status. British New Guinea was under joint Australian and British administration with the Lieutenant-Governor reporting to the Governor of Queensland.
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- When was British New Guinea created?
In 1888.
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- History 1898 - British New Guinea
British New Guinea, this south-eastern portion of New Guinea island, formed the new missionary diocese of British New Guinea, and part of the church of Australia.
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- History 1899 - German New Guinea
The German New Guinea Schutzgebiet became a German colony under the same name, and the border with the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (proclaimed in 1893) was moved from between Isabel and Malaita Island, to between Bougainville Island and the Shortland Islands.
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- History 1901 - British New Guinea
Britain announced its intention to transfer British New Guinea to Australian control.
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- History 1906 - Territory of Papua
Administration of the new Australian Territory of Papua passed to the federal government of Australia; the missionary diocese of British New Guinea continued to be co-terminous with the Territory of Papua, and was now part of the (ecclesiastical) province of Queensland, Australia.
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- History 1914
At the outset of World War 1 German New Guinea was surrendered to Australia.
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- When was first European contact made with PNG?
It is believed that the first European contact was in the year 1526 to 1527 by the Portuguese explorer Jorge de Meneses. He named the island Ilhas dos Papuas (Island of the Fuzzy Hairs).
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- What year was PNG first inhabited?
It is believed that Papua New Guinea was originally inhabited by Asian settlers over 50,000 years ago.
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- Where did the first inhabitants of PNG come from??
The first inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, probably migrated from the Indonesian archipelago, arriving in PNG about 50,000 years ago.
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- Who have been appointed and or acted as Governor General of PNG since 1975?
Governors-General (representing the British monarch as head of state)
16 Sep 1975 - 1 Mar 1977 Sir John Guise (b. 1914 - d. 1991)
1 Mar 1977 - 1 Mar 1983 Sir Tore Lokoloko (b. 1930)
1 Mar 1983 - 1 Mar 1989 Sir Kingsford Dibela(b. 1932 - d. 2002)
1 Mar 1989 - 31 Dec 1989 Sir Ignatius Kilage (b. 1941 - d. 1989)
1 Jan 1990 - 27 Feb 1990 Dennis Young (acting) (1st time) (b. 1938)
27 Feb 1990 - 4 Oct 1991 Sir Vincent Serei Eri (b. 1936 - d. 1993)
4 Oct 1991 - 18 Nov 1991 Dennis Young (acting)(2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Nov 1991 - 20 Nov 1997 (Sir) Wiwa Korowi (b. 1948)
20 Nov 1997 - 20 Nov 2003 Silas Atopare (b. 1951) (from 1998, Sir Silas Atopare)
21 Nov 2003 - 28 May 2004 Wiliam "Bill" Jack Skate (acting) (b. 1953 - d. 2006)
28 May 2004 - 29 Jun 2004 Jeffery Nape (acting)
29 Jun 2004 - 2010 Sir Paulias Matane (b. 1931)
Jeffrey Nape (acting 13 Dec 2010 - 20 Dec 2010)
Michael Ogio - acting from 20 Dec 2010 and appointed on the 14 Jan 2011 (current although being disputed in court)
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- Who was David Osborne Hay?
David was an administrator of PNG from 23 Dec 1966 - 1970. He was born in 1916 and died in May 2009
Jack Keith Murray from 31 Oct 1945 – 1952
Donald Mackinnon Cleland from 1952 – 1966 – He was Sir Donald Mackinnon Cleland from 1961
Leslie Wilson Johnson from 1970 - 1973
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- Has the Pope ever visted PNG?
Yes Pope John Paul II visited PNG on two occassions as the head of the Catholic Church.
May 1984 and January 1995
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- Queen Elizabeth II is the head of PNG but has she ever visited the country?
Yes, several times.
Queen Elizabeth -- 1974, 1979 and 1982
Prince Andrew, Duke of York -- 1991
Prince Charles -- 1966, 1975 (Independence), 1984,
Princess Anne visited with her mother in 1974 and visited again in September 2005.
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- Where is the JK McCarthy Museum?
The J.K. McCarthy museum is off to the side of the Goroka airstrip, a lengthy walk from town. The museum has some WWII relics. If you attend the annual show then it is in the same area but with a different entrance to the show.
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