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- 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?
- Approx how much was the Kina worth at the time of the initial float?
- Who floated the Kina in 1994?
- In what year was the PNG Kina floated?
- When did British New Guinea became Papua?
- When did Europeans first explore the highlands of PNG?
- When did PNG gain independence?
- What year did PNG gain Self Governance?
- Who was PNG's first legislative counsel?
- What year did the League of Nations officially hand over German New Guinea to Australia?
- What year did Jim (JL) Taylor die?
- Who was the first PNG defence force commander?
- How long did it take to fly from Sydney to Port Moresby in 1965?
- When did Sir Albert Maori Kiki die?
- Who was the first European explorer to penetrate any distance into the PNG interior?
- When was the University of PNG Opened?
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- How old was Singirok when he became General?
In 1995 he 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 your 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 - current Sir Paulias Matane (b. 1931)
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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.
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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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- Approx how much was the Kina worth at the time of the initial float?
On the first day of the float the Kina was worth US$ 92 cents but immediately fell by 6.5 percent to 86.05 cents. The Kina, in Feb 2009, is now only worth around US$ 35 cents.
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- Who floated the Kina in 1994?
Sir Julius Chan was the Prime Minister at the time of the float of the Kina.
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- In what year was the PNG Kina floated?
It was floated on the 10th of October 1994 after a devaluation of 12% was unsuccessful.
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- When did British New Guinea became Papua?
British New Guinea became Papua in 1906.
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- When did Europeans first explore the highlands of PNG?
The inland Highland region, thought to be too inhospitable for habitation, wasn't even explored until the 1930s. Astoundingly, European explorers in search of gold instead discovered over one million people, living in fertile mountain valleys and in cultures that hadn't changed since very much since the Stone Age.
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- When did PNG gain independence?
By the 1960s there had emerged a significant independence movement in the country, and in 1975, after a brief period of internal autonomy, Papua New Guinea declared its full independence. (16th September 1975)
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- What year did PNG gain Self Governance?
PNG gained Self Governance in 1973.
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- Who was PNG's first legislative counsel?
It was Sir James Fraser, a Scotsman, who died in Port Moresby on the 13th of February 2007 at the age of 71. He arrived in PNG in 1976 from Tonga.
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- What year did the League of Nations officially hand over German New Guinea to Australia?
The League of Nations handed German New Guinea over to Australia as a mandated territory in 1920.
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- What year did Jim (JL) Taylor die?
Kiap Jim Taylor died in June 1987 at the age of 86. He died at Goroka after spending 61 years in PNG (New Guinea)
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- Who was the first PNG defence force commander?
Ted Diro was PNG’s first defence force commander from self-government in 1973 to 1982
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- How long did it take to fly from Sydney to Port Moresby in 1965?
The plane (Locheed Electra's) would leave Sydney at midnight and arrive after sunrise about nine hours to nine and a half hours later. (with a stopover in Brisbane)
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- When did Sir Albert Maori Kiki die?
He died in March 1993.
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- Who was the first European explorer to penetrate any distance into the PNG interior?
D'Albertis was the first European to penetrate any distance into PNG's daunting interior. Reaching the northwestern tip of New Guinea in April 1872, D'Albertis marched inland for about 20 miles.
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- When was the University of PNG Opened?
The University was established in 1965 but was not officially opened until August 1967 by the then Governor General of Australia, Lord Casey.
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