By MALUM NALU Remembering Daru the way it used to be In the pre-independence days, Daru was an exotic melting pot of expatriate traders, planters, crocodile hunters and even missionaries. Former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first House of Assembly Graham Pople, whose first posting was Daru in 1956 as a 21-year-old, once …
by MALUM NALU Kainantu, once upon a time in the colonial days, was known as the “Mile High Gateway to the Highlands” and was one of the prettiest towns in Papua New Guinea. It was in the same league as Minj, Banz, Daru, Wau, Bulolo, Bogia, Samarai Island and others which were once so pretty …
By MALUM NALU Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in 2010, I had the privilege of browsing through the never-before-published autobiography and patrol diaries of Graham Pople, a former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly in 1964. Simply titled The Popleography, it gives a fascinating insight …
“… Once they had arrived in Lae, they soon discovered how beautiful the location was and decided to make this their new home.” By MALUM NALU based on INFORMATION AND PICTURES SUPPLIED BY THE HUNTER FAMILY Noel Edward (Ned) Hunter, who passed away on July 31, 2020, aged 94, was one of the pioneers of …