memory
Isurava Memorial
The Isurava Memorial remembers Australians and Papua New Guineans who served and died on the Kokoda Track in 1942. Four granite pillars carry the words Courage, Endurance, Mateship and Sacrifice.
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Papua New Guinea
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archaeology
Kuk Early Agricultural Site
At Kuk in Papua New Guinea's western highlands, buried remains show how people changed wetland cultivation over millennia. Farming moved from mounds towards drainage ditches made with wooden tools. The archaeological evidence points to an independent development of agriculture, with bananas, taro and yam central to its history.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
architecture
Parliament House, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s Parliament House opened in 1984. Its striking main hall draws on the haus tambaran tradition, pairing a rising roof and patterned front with a modern parliamentary building.
Source: Papua New Guinea Government
memory
Port Moresby Memorial, Bomana
The Port Moresby Memorial stands above Bomana War Cemetery. Its ring of cylindrical pillars commemorates people who died in operations in Papua and have no known grave.
geology
Tavurvur
Tavurvur belongs to the Rabaul caldera in East New Britain. Together with nearby Vulcan, it erupted in 1994 and transformed the landscape around Rabaul.
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