This collection of 34 photographs were taken by Fr. Franz Herkenhoff and Br. Bryan Leak between 1990 and 1992 in Bougainville. The photographs document aspects of the Bougainville conflict as well as the people Fr. Herkenhoff worked and lived with.
These 152 35mm slides were taken between October 1969 and November 1973 by Roger Southern, who was then teaching at the Department of Geography at the University of Papua New Guinea [UPNG] and was researching a master’s degree with the University of Bristol for which he travelled to the PNG Highlands to observe the place of roads and road transport in economic change.
The images illustrate ten themes:
TRADITIONAL HIGHLAND VILLAGE LIFE, Lumusa area, Baiyer River district [Images 1 to 25]
BAIYER RIVER, local roads, and the emerging cash economy [26-46]
BAIYER RIVER, the Baptist Mission and Enga Enterprises coffee cooperative[47-57]
ALONG THE HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY, road making and road transport in a challenging environment [58-76]
ULYA COFFEE PLANTATION, people, activity in and around the plantation [77-94]
MOUNT HAGEN, images of the town [95-104]
WAHGI VALLEY, KINDENG, the tea plantation [105-113]
WAHGI VALLEY, KINDENG, the smallholder projects [114-126]
UPNG [UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA], the campus and some events [127-137]
UPNG [UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA], the students [138-152]
The late Edith Watts MBE and the late John Watts MLA provided many of the opportunities for images 1 to 126 to be made. Southern also remembers fondly the students and staff of the brand new and exciting University of Papua New Guinea [images 127-152].
‘The Times of Papua New Guinea’ newspaper (also ‘The Times’ and ‘The Times of PNG’) was launched in September 1980 and ran until 1995. It was published by Word Publishing Company, Boroko, Port Moresby. Franz Albert Joku was editor from 1980-1995. Published on Fridays from 1980, a second edition, ‘The Mid Week Times’ was introduced on Tuesdays from August 1982. This run is from September 1980-December 1982 only.
In May 1995, it was rebranded ‘The Saturday Independent’ and later ‘The Independent’.
PART I Section I – General Description Section II – Native Agriculture Section III – Live Stock Section IIIA – Fisheries Section IV – Drug Plants Section V – Nutrition Section VI – Economies
PART II Section I – Description of Government Plantation, Kokoda Section II – Rubber Production at Government Plantation Section III – Notes on Rubber
Section I – General Description Section II – Native Customs and Social Structure Section III – Native Agriculture Section IV – Retrospect and Conclusion Section V – Patrol Diaries