This gallery will show photos taken by Sgt. Jim (Bill) Semple in 1971/72
Coconut Palms, Madang
Staghorns, Madang
View from wharves, Madang
Warehouses, Madang
Coral roscks near Coastwatchers Memorial, Madang
Coral rocks, Madang
View from Coastwatchers Motel
Lagoon, Madang
Ship leaving harbour, Madang
Sellers of carvings, Madang
Near Coastwatchers Memorial, Madang
Japanese landing barges, Rabaul
House of Assembly (pre-independence), Port Moresby
Koki Market, Port Moresby
Sunday at Ella Beach, Port Moresby
Jim Semple and Steve Sibson, Ella Beach
Part of Rouna Hydroelectric scheme, behind Port Moresby
Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby
Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby
Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby
Frankie Russell, Greg Buffier, Jill and Ken Stewart, Bomana War Cemetery
DCA Training College, Port Moresby
Frankie Russell in Trobriand skirt, Bisini Parade Flats, Port Moresby
South Coast of TPNG
Markham River?
Catalina shell, Jacksons Areodrome, Port Moresby
Fence, Jacksons Areodrome
Datsun ute near crescent mound, Jacksons Areodrome
Moresby end of Kokoda Track
Port Moresby from Burns Peak
Army Newspaper Banner
PNG Post Courier
South Pacific Lager Label
South Pacific Lager
PNG Symbols
Laloki River from falls
Roana Falls
Signs above Roana Falls
Laloki valley from Roana Falls Lookout
Murray Barracks from Burns Peak
Village near Kwikila
Village on Fairfax Harbour
Crystal Rapids
L to R – Bob Large, Brian Wellman (glasses), Wendy Stark, Steve Gibson, Roger and Gaynor Waller, Jill and Ken Stewart(face obscured)
WO2 Max Hill, Crystal Rapids
Crystal Rapids
Family on the move, Crystal Rapids
WO1 H Busby, WO1 D Cassidy, WO1 D Bowie, WO1 H Patch, Centre WO1 c Kealy, WO1 Marika, Front WO! Manli Rosi, WO1 Osi Ivaraoa
Jackson Field, Port Moresby
Rubber Plantation near Sogeri
Fiat and Zephyr
Wendy Stark, Steve Sibson and Jim Semple
Bomona War Cemetery
Artefacts
Port Moresby
On parade
Spears for sale
At the end of the Kokoda Track, Sogeri
Opening House of Assembly 1972
Capt. McQuinn, Education Officer
Elected Members of House of Assembly, 1972
Familiar entities of 1972
Remnants of gun near beach, Moem Barracks
View of Wewak from Mission Hill
War Memorial , Wewak
War Memorial at Mission Hill
Between POM and Wewak
Kreer Primary School, Wewak
Pig Pen, Wewak Barracks
Near mouth of Sepik River
Surf from Haus Win, Moem Barracks
Buying artifacts in village near Wewak
Arriving at foot of Matupit volcano
Inside main crater of Matupit colvano
Matupit Island where canoe was hired
Rabaul and harbour with Matiput in the background
Another view of volcanoes with Matiput island in foreground
Inside Matupit crater
Matupit Island dunny with Matupit and mother in background
Bainings fire dance, near Rabaul
Cave in Matupit crater
Sulphurous vent in Matupit – note sulphur crystals
Riding side-saddle in DC3 enroute to Rabaul
Markham Valley
War Cemetery, Lae
Brings back my childhood memories. P & NG were beautiful then; no crowds, no pollution, no beetle-nut spittle, no graffiti, no crime, no attitude problems, no corruption, no pot-holes, no ques, no Christian denominational mudslinging, no street urchins, no homeless persons, no begging, no fly-overs, no flight-delays, no poverty, no cheep Chinese goods, no lamb-flaps, no obesity, no …etc. Even though there was subtle apartheid, exploitation, discrimination, and criminal injustice on the whole, those were good days. I wish my children could experience something like it today. Notwithstanding, I’ll those fond memories to my grave.