Sean Dorney interviewed by Jon Ritchie in the Australians in Papua New Guinea (PNG) 1942-1975 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4352356
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dorney, Sean, 1951-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 2 sound files (ca. 96 min.)
- Series:
- Australians in Papua New Guinea (PNG) 1942-1975 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Sean Dorney speaks about the reasons why he went to Papua New Guinea (PNG); the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) operations in PNG and radio network; his work with the then newly established National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in December 1973; his cadetship with the ABC; grading of ABC jobs; arriving PNG (April 1974) for 3 year placement; Independence, constitutional debates; meeting future wife Pauline Nare, marrying in 1976; playing Rugby in Port Moresby, national rugby team 1975 and 1976; returning to Australia at request of ABC, working in Mackay, Qld; returning to PNG in 1979 until 1984; working in Northern Territory; returned to PNG for 12 years; his first impressions of PNG; the mixed feelings of Europeans leaving post-Independence; Public Service; Colonialism; mood of people in PNG in 1974; Separatist movement; Papuan Republican Fighters' Army.
Dorney speaks of the Highlanders in parliament; Michael Somare; John Kaputin; the Constitutional Planning Committee (CPC); Bougainville; Whitlam government; reporting on parliament, his weekly commentary; Sir John Guise; Somare's first press conference; the National newspaper supplement about Somare's 40 years in parliament; David Hay; Paul Cowdy; the PNG Constitution; Clifford Report; law and order in PNG; Sir Mekere Morauta; the Voting System; Bougainville Copper Agreement; social life in PNG; the handing over of facilities after Independence; NBC did well, training unit regarded as a model for the world; his recollections of Independence; reporting on flag coming down, watching fireworks; the official flag raising; evaluation of time in Papua New Guinea; his book 'Papua New Guinea: People, Politics and History since 1975'.
- Biography/History:
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Sean Dorney is an acknowledged authority on Papua New Guinea and is the author of two books on PNG affairs.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 1, 2008 at Chelmer, Qld.
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