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- Do you know John Imaka?
- Who is Eric Aliawi?
- Who was Sumasuma?
- Who is Charles Maino?
- who is chairman of the NCM?
- who is Hitelai Polume Kiele?
- who is Dr Allan Marat?
- Who is considered to be father of the nation
- Who is Micheal Gene?
- Who wrote Thousand Years in a Lifetime?
- Who was John Connell?
- Who was Norah Dagoda?
- Who was Elton Brash?
- Who is Ilaita Gigimat?
- Max Homann?
- Who was Jabber Jim?
- Who is Brian Bell?
- Who is Harry West?
- Can you names the Administrators of PNG?
- When did David Hay die?
- Who is Allan Jones?
- Who was Boe Vagi?
- Who is Margaret Mead?
- Who was Carl Malpo?
- Who is James Tanis?
- Who was Rupert Haviland
- Who is Ruipo Okoroho?
- Who was Ian Ottley?
- Who are the Meakambut?
- Who was Larry Danielson?
- Who was Martin Beni?
- Sir Paulias Matane history
- Who is John Kaniku?
- Who was the "first Papuan or New Guinean girl" to get a fulltime job with the Bank of New South Wales back in 1967?
- Who is or was Bruce Tardrew?
- Who was Mathias Kauge?
- How many Chief Justices have there been?
- When did Mari Kapi become the Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea?
- Who was Prof AB Weston?
- Where was Thomas Shacklady born?
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- Do you know John Imaka?
Captain John Imaka is the current (Oct 2009) PNG Defence Force commanding officer of the Air Transport Wing in Port Moresby.
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- Who is Eric Aliawi?
Captain Eric Aliawi from the Southern Highlands, a former Defence Force pilot, is a helicopter pilot working for Helifix.
He is from Fugwa village in the Koroba district and started his primary education at Taguru Community School in Pangia in 1975
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- Who was Sumasuma?
SUMSUMA (1903?-1965), boat captain and New Guinea patriot, was born about 1903 at Sasa village on Boang Island, New Ireland, son of Tamapuat, of Ansingsing village on Tefa island, and Tarapat of Sasa.
During December 1928 Sumsuma organized a strike by almost all Rabaul’s 3000 New Guinean workers to win them £12 a month.
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- Who is Charles Maino?
Sir Charles Maino was a former Chief Ombudsman, a lawyer and a Mekeo leader. He died in August 2009.
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- who is chairman of the NCM?
It is (or was) Valentine Kambori, MBE. He is chairman of the National Coordinating Mechanism (NCM). The NCM is the body responsible for pushing the National Law and Justice Plan of Action, comprising heads of all the law and justice agencies in the country. It also has a law and order section which plans, monitors activities within the law and justice sector.
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- who is Hitelai Polume Kiele?
She has been the Acting Secretary for Justice and Attorney General
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- who is Dr Allan Marat?
He is or was Attorney General of PNG. He is or was also the Minister for Justice
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- Who is considered to be father of the nation
This would be PNG's first Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare.
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- Who is Micheal Gene?
He is a former Attorney General of PNG
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- Who wrote Thousand Years in a Lifetime?
Sir Albert Maori Kiki (1931-1993). The title is actually - Kiki, Albert Maori Kiki. Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime. a New Guinea Autobiography.
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- Who was John Connell?
The only John Connell I can find wrote "Papua New Guinea - The Struggle for Development".
Also "A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea"
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- Who was Norah Dagoda?
Norah Vagi Brash nee Dagoda was born at Kilakila in 1944. She wrote "The High Cost of Living Differently" in 1975. She was the wife of Dr Elton Brash.
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- Who was Elton Brash?
Dr Elton Brash was a Vice Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea. He died in 1998.
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- Who is Ilaita Gigimat?
Ilaita Gigimat is a former champion basketballer who represented PNG at the 1975 South Pacific Games in Guam and the 1979 SPG in Fiji. He can also play the bagpipes.
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- Max Homann?
Max Homann established Keynote Music Houses of PNG in 1968. Mr. Homann came to PNG in the very early 1950's as an air traffic controller and later worked as a training officer at the college, which was located at 6 Mile in Port Moresby.
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- Who was Jabber Jim?
"Jabber" Jim is James Jacobi. Or to be more precise Sir James Jacobi. He was born on the 26th of August 1925. Jabber worked in PNG as a general practitioner (doctor) for about 40 years, during which time he became the first president of the PNG Rugby League, a position he held for more than 25 years. Sir James died on the 21st of June 2009.
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- Who is Brian Bell?
Brian Bell is both a person and a store. The Brian Bell store was established in August 1958 to incorporate the sole trader operations of founder and current Chairman and Managing Director Sir Brian Bell CSM, KBE, C.St J.
www.brianbell.com.pg
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- Who is Harry West?
Harry West is a former President of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia. Click here for ASOPA pages about Harry West and his long service in PNG.
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- Can you names the Administrators of PNG?
31 October 1945-1952 - Jack Keith Murray (b1889-1979)
1952-1966 - Sir Donald Cleland (b1901-d1975)
23 December 1966-1970 - David Osborne Hay (b1916-d2009)
1970-March 1974 - Leslie Wilson Johnson (b1916-d2000)
March 1974-16 Sept 1975 - Thomas Kingston Critchley (b1916)
From 1972 this position was the Australian High Commissioner to PNG
From 1975 this position was abolished and virtually taken over by the position of PNG Governor General.
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- When did David Hay die?
Sir David Hay died in Melbourne, Australia on the 18th of May 2009. He was Administrator of Papua New Guinea from 1967-70.
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- Who is Allan Jones?
Allan was a long time PNG educator. Allan officially retired from teaching in December 1999 as principal of Cameron Secondary School at Alotau in Milne Bay. He’d spent 45 years in PNG. Allan died in Adelaide, Australia on the 8th of May 2009
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- Who was Boe Vagi?
Boe Vagi was the first official representative of the Queen of England appointed by the Commodore of the Australian Fleet (James Erskine) on the 5th of November 1884. This was conducted in Port Moresby. The third such ceremony in 18 months but supposedly the official one -- http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn757863
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- Who is Margaret Mead?
Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist who wrote several books about PNG.
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- Who was Carl Malpo?
Carl Malpo was the 9th Commander of the Army from 1999 to 2001 before retiring in 2001. Brigadier General Carl Malpo joined the PNG Defence Force in 1973. He died in February 2009.
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- Who is James Tanis?
The second President of Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region after former president Joseph Kabui died from a heart attack in June 2007.
Tanis was born and raised in Panam Village in Lamane, on the border of South and Central Bougainville.
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- Who was Rupert Haviland
Rupert Roelof Haviland worked for the Department of District Services and Native Affairs. He was in charge of the team who cut through Kassam Pass from Gusap (Markham Valley) and created the first road suitable for vehicles into the Highlands of the country.
There is a memorial to Rupert Roelof Haviland approx. half way up Kassam Pass.
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- Who is Ruipo Okoroho?
He was one of the original mudmen from Komunive, Asaro (near Goroka) in the Eastern Highlands province.
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- Who was Ian Ottley?
I know he illustrated the book The last mountain : a life in Papua New Guinea by Ian Downs but do not know anything else about him.
You could also do a search for The Creeklanders ISBN 0702223921 or Trucks - ISBN 0340357843
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- Who are the Meakambut?
They are people that live in the foothills of the central range behind Enga near the headwaters of the Arafundi River of the Karawari Region (East Sepik).
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- Who was Larry Danielson?
He wrote, amongst others, the song called Kai Kai the Buai a PNG parody of Waltzing Matilda.
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- Who was Martin Beni?
He was 23-year-old motor mechanic from Waima village who boxed against Colin Cassidy, the Australian lightweight champion and won the fight on the 26th of September 1974 in front of a crowd of 9000 at Port Moresby’s Sir Hubert Murray stadium.
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- Sir Paulias Matane history
Hi, just enter the words Matane in the search box and you will find several items about this man.
I find that many people make simple spelling mistakes such as the work history above. If you keep the enquiry simple it also helps to cut out possible spelling mistakes as well.
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- Who is John Kaniku?
Mr John Wills Kaniku is the director of the Milne Bay Canoe Festival Committee. He is also one of PNG's first authors having written Cry of the cassowary.
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- Who was the "first Papuan or New Guinean girl" to get a fulltime job with the Bank of New South Wales back in 1967?
It has been reported as being Priscilla Moses from Kavieng who started as a junior clerk in the Madang branch.
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- Who is or was Bruce Tardrew?
A sailor. A member of the RPYC, Royal Papua Yacht Club who used to sail Hobie's with Sarah Turnbull in international competitons.
He is a life member of RPYC.
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- Who was Mathias Kauge?
Mathias Kauage from Simbu (1944 - 2003) was Papua New Guinea's leading artist.
Mathias Kauage, the founding father of the Pacific country's indigenous art movement, gained notoriety in the UK after painting the Queen wearing a tribal head-dress.
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- How many Chief Justices have there been?
1 - Sir Buri Kidu (deceased)
2 - Sir Arnold Amet
3 - Sir Mari Kapi
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- When did Mari Kapi become the Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea?
Sir Mari was appointed Chief Justice on the 16th of August 2003 replacing Sir Arnold Amet, after serving as deputy chief justice for 10 years.
He has worked for the judiciary since the early seventies, holding various legal positions as a barrister and solicitor in PNG’s legal system prior to his appointment as a judge.
He was first appointed to be a judge of the Supreme and National Courts of PNG in December 1979.
is from Keapara village in Central province.
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- Who was Prof AB Weston?
Prof AB Weston was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of PNG from 1970 - 74 and was responsible for changing its direction and diversifying its scholastic mix by hiring academics from a number of countries.
He died in June 2008 at the age of 86.
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- Where was Thomas Shacklady born?
Thomas Shacklady, the composer of the PNG National Anthem "O ARISE ALL YOU SONS OF THIS LAND" was born in Gateshead, County Durham, UK, in 1917.
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Please note that this is not "Ask Jeeves" - you cannot type a whole sentence as your query. Enter a single word, a phrase, or several words and press search.
Please remember that this is a FAQ database about Papua New Guinea.
Doing a search for PNG or New Guinea or even P.N.G will probably not return much. Keep the search simple. i.e. if you want to find out the population simply enter "population" without the quotes. There is no need to have PNG / P.N.G or whatever in the search string.
Also - Spelling is important searching for 'inkom' will not return items related to 'income'. If you are searching Lady Carol Kidu just enter Carol Kidu or even Kidu. You are not searching the WWW only these FAQ's so the topic has already been narrowed to PNG related topics for you.
