‘We dreamed of a better future’: remembering the first moments of Papua New Guinea in 1975
Australia had governed PNG for decades and the transfer of power was an attempt to unify more than 800 language groups under one stateBuilding a nation: Papua New Guinea 50 years onFifty years ago, on the day Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia, a young law student lowered the Australian flag and raised Papua New Guinea’s for the first time.The 22-year-old, Arnold Amet, had spent the preceding years active on his university campus, debating the merits of independence, petitioning future leaders to abandon the British monarchy, and imagining what it might mean for his people to finally govern themselves. Continue reading...
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Australia had governed PNG for decades and the transfer of power was an attempt to unify more than 800 language groups under one state
Fifty years ago, on the day Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia, a young law student lowered the Australian flag and raised Papua New Guinea’s for the first time.
The 22-year-old, Arnold Amet, had spent the preceding years active on his university campus, debating the merits of independence, petitioning future leaders to abandon the British monarchy, and imagining what it might mean for his people to finally govern themselves.
Continue reading...
