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 Guineas 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 ...