History Papua New Guinea | Kokoda Treks Tours

Following the Japanese landings at Lae and Salamaua in March 1942 men from the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles pulled back along the Wau track to Mubo. In May 1942 the 2/5th Independent Company was flown into the Wau, the first airlift of a complete unit in Australian army history.

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An Australian Gold Dredger In Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) first gold rush was in 1878, bringing white miners to the jungles close to where the capital city of PNG, Port Moresby, now stands. Then, in 1888, Australian miners entered a few of the small islands and coastal areas.

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New Guinea Wikipedia

New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island separated by a shallow sea (Torres Strait) from the rest of the Australian is the world's secondlargest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km 2 (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

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Papua New Guinea: exploration for gold

Papua New Guinea: exploration for gold For thousands of years the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea have mined and traded stone implements and ochre, and used clay to make pottery. Gold was first discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1852 as accidental traces in pottery from Redscar Bay on the Papuan Peninsula.

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Dredgers | Dredging Equipment for Sale | Dredge Yard

Our dredgers are designed for a variety of applications including cleaning, environmental dredging and sand removal. When designing dredging equipment, we put special focus on high efficiency dredging, safe operation and innovative solutions.

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Junkers VHUOW Guinea Airways

Among other cargoes, throughout the 1930s eight 3,000 ton gold dredges were flown from Lae, on the New Guinea north coast, to Bulolo in the highlands in one of the first major airlift operations. Since there were no roads, every piece of the dredge had to be designed to be airtransportable.

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Charles Raymond Gurney Wikipedia

Charles Raymond (Bob) Gurney, AFC (22 May 1906 – 2 May 1942) was an Australian aviator who was involved in pioneering aviation in New Guinea in the 1930s. He flew with Qantas before and during the Second World War, and served with the Royal Australian Air Force from September 1939. He was killed on operations against the Japanese in the south west Pacific in 1942 flying with the United ...

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160330DB Dredge Brokers LLC | Dredgers and Dredging ...

This 10inch Electric Sand and Gravel Dredge is a Dixie Dredge and was built in 1968. This heavy duty 10” portable cutter suction dredge is designed for oneman operation with a production rate from 100 to 300 cubic yards per pumping hour at discharge distances of up to 4,000 feet, depending on materials and pumping conditions.

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Heavyduty DOP dredge pump 250 for sale from stock | Damen ...

Damen offers a complete range of heavyduty and costeffective submersible dredge pumps. A highly efficient, wear resistant dredge pump with a large spherical passage is at the heart of the DOP pump. The dredge pump has excellent suction properties and because of its submersed use it can reach extremely high mixture densities.

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The Postal History of New Guinea from 1888 to 1942 ...

Colour edition of Powell's postal history handbook on the post offices of New Guinea from German Colonial times to the outbreak of WW2. company logo. Close.

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Is sustainable mining possible in Papua New Guinea ...

Jun 20, 2011· During the late 1930’s, enormous mechanical gold dredges were flown into Bulolo in pieces and assembled on site. The mullock heaps left by the dredges from their alluvial operations was soil previously at the bottom of the river.

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When PNG Led the World in the Delivery of Air Freight by ...

Seven more dredges were flown in up to 1939, all by air, bit by bit. By 1942, when the Japanese invasion of New Guinea put an end to civil flying, Guinea Airways had carried some 73,480 tonnes of machinery, trucks and equipment. Acknowledgment: 14 January 2018. Keith Jackson Friends: PNG Attitude.

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Pacific Wrecks Bulolo, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea ...

Today located in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). History Bulolo was the center of dredging activity for the Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., a company that operated eight dredges flown into the area from Lae Airfield aboard Junkers Trimotors. Gold dredging operation was in operation until January 21, 1942 when the threat of attack to ...

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District Administration Morobe Provincial Government

Bulolo District Mining Capital of Morobe. Bulolo is a town in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. It was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea,[1] situated on the Bulolo River, a tributary of the Markham River, about 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Wau. ...

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Pacific Wrecks Ford 4ATE Trimotor Serial Number A452

Transported to New Guinea. On October 7, 1935 registered as VHUDY by Holden's Air Transport Services in New Guinea based at Lae Airfield along with Trimotor VHUSX until October 10, 1936. Next, registered to Guinea Airways on April 12, 1937 and flown in civilian service until the start of the Pacific War. Wartime History

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UNITED NATIONS SECURITY FORCE IN WEST NEW GUINEA (UNSF ...

In the resolution, the Assembly took note of the agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea (West Irian), acknowledged the role conferred by it upon the SecretaryGeneral, and authorized him to carry out the tasks entrusted to him in the agreement.

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Police attack Papua New Guinea parliament in APEC pay ...

Police attack Papua New Guinea parliament in APEC pay dispute ... had been significantly enraged by the federal government’s buy of 40 custommade Maserati vehicles — which had been flown in from Italy — for leaders to make use of whereas they had been in Port Moresby. ... All 21 APEC leaders on the annual assembly in Papua New Guinea had ...

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German New Guinea Wikipedia

German New Guinea (German: DeutschNeuguinea) consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups and was the first part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called KaiserWilhelmsland, became a German protectorate in 1884. Other island groups were added subsequently.

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Paying Tribute To The Designer Of The Papua New Guinea ...

Evan Evans Pty Ltd of Melbourne supplied the first Papua New Guinea flag. Les Johnson, the Administrator flew his flag in front of his office at Konedobu. It was the first flag to be flown in the country. Mr Littler visited PNG in August 2003 and noted the respect shown to our flag.

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Rail, Steam and Air: Junkers G31 and Austin 7 at Lae

Mar 20, 2015· Among other cargoes, throughout the 1930s eight 3,000 ton gold dredges were flown from Lae, on the New Guinea north coast, to Bulolo in the highlands in one of the first major airlift operations. Since there were no roads, every piece of the dredge had …

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Bulolo Wikipedia

Bulolo is a town in WauBulolo Urban LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea, situated on the Bulolo River, a tributary of the Markham River, about 32 km (20 mi) northwest of town is served by Bulolo in June 1930, the Bulolo strip was originally 1,150 yards by 120 yards.

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Following veteran footsteps: a brief history | Stichting ...

2. New Guinea remained Dutch after Indonesian independence After the Dutch East Indies changed to being the independent country of Indonesia at the end of 1949, New Guinea continued to be a Dutch colony for another 12 years. However, Indonesia kept on laying claims to New Guinea and the political conflict heightened over time.

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Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea (19211942 ...

These were followed by large mining companies such as the Bulolo Gold Mining and Dredging Company and the New Guinea Gold Company. Because of the rugged nature of the terrain, much of the equipment was airfreighted from the coast to the mines. Giant dredges were disassembled, flown to the goldfields in pieces and reassembled at the site.

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PNGAA

Bulolo Gold Dredging must have made a lot of money in New Guinea. The first dredge flown into Bulolo was the smallest of the lot and Bulolo Gold Dredging paid for the flying in of the rest with the gold taken out by that dredge alone.

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Battle of Wau Wikipedia

The Battle of Wau, 29 January – 4 February 1943, was a battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Forces of the Empire of Japan sailed from Rabaul and crossed the Solomon Sea and, despite Allied air attacks, successfully reached Lae, where they troops then advanced overland on Wau, an Australian base that potentially threatened the Japanese positions at Salamaua ...

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Gold dredge, a photo from Morobe, West | TrekEarth

To get the scale have a look and you will see a man standing below this structure. It is a massive gold mining dredge but the most amazing aspect is that it is in an isolated part of PNG and every bit of the dredge (weight 2500 tons) was flown in Junkers planes in the 1930s the biggest airlift ever at the time. The dredge could actually move.

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Sydney Mining Club talk

“No stone unturned: the Bulolo Gold Dredging story” Talk to the Sydney Mining Club, Thursday 2 June 2011, Tattersalls, Sydney 1. Sydney Harbour Bridge For most of you this will seem a strange slide to begin a talk about gold dredging in New Guinea. But in fact it has two specific links to the next photo…. 2. Dredge …

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Leslie Waterhouse in 1930s New Guinea | NFSA

The lectures feature rare early footage from the NFSA collection and the Mitchell Library shot by his grandfather, Leslie Waterhouse. Leslie worked as a director of Bulolo Gold Dredging and Guinea Airways in the 1930s. Michael is the author of Not a Poor Man’s Field: The New Guinea Goldfields to 1942 – An Australian Colonial History.

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Papua New Guinea Association Origin for the Crest and Flag

It was the first PNG flag to be flown in the country. I visited PNG in August 2003 and noted the respect shown to their flag. This reinforced that the decision we made was the correct one. Geoff Littler, Official Member, The Second House of Assembly, Territory of Papua New Guinea

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Flashback Post Courier Post Courier Papua New Guinea ...

Papua New Guinea's 'trupla' leading Daily Newspaper Since PostCourier is proud of its record as the voice of PNG. We were there when the nation took its first bold steps towards independence. Since that time, we have fearlessly recorded the nation's progress.

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Exploration for gold | Papua New Guinea (PNG): Forty years ...

For thousands of years the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea have mined and traded stone implements and ochre, and used clay to make pottery. Gold was first discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1852 as accidental traces in pottery from Redscar Bay on the Papuan Peninsula.

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Mining History Papua New Guinea

When Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975, Panguna was the only major mine operating. As the price of gold rose in 1974 and again more spectacularly in 1979, there was increasing international recognition of the gold potential of Papua New Guinea. This led to a significant increase in applications for Exploration Licences.

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8inch SDR 11 HDPE Pipe New Surplus Pipe without MTRs. Quantity Available: 2,165feet in standard 50foot lengths with 41 joints and 4 joints totaling 115feet. ... of this HDPE Pipe is Brand New / Unused while the other 3,000feet was only in use for a short period of time used for dredging. Location: State of New Jersey, USA.

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