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 PNG Department of Education

In days gone by some of the Motu-speaking peoples around Port Moresby used to go on annual trading expeditions to the Gulf of Papua. There they would exchange with the inhabitants of that area pots and other valuables for sago and canoe logs. These expeditions were called hiri, and were not only spectacular in terms of the number, nature and size of the sailing craft involved and the cargoes they carried but also very important economically and in other ways to the Motu and others directly or indirectly involved.

 PNG Department of Education

Lecture Notes

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 PNG Department of Education

The belief that illness, death and misfortune of all sorts is frequently caused by the deliberate interventions of individuals with special powers or magical knowledge is pervasive throughout Melanesia. As a result, sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices exert a powerful influence on many aspects of day-to-day life, as well as being significant vectors for community tensions, conflict and violence.

 PNG Department of Education,  PNG Department of Lands and Physical Planning

THE present paper discusses a form of social classification which may be referred to provisionally as sex affiliation. The essence of it is that male children are classed with their father's group and female children with their mother's. I shall first endeavour to give an account, in its more or less relevant aspects, of the social organization of the people among whom this sex affiliation is practised; after that we may discuss the practice itself in greater detail and consider its implications.

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 PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority,  PNG Department of Education

Management Plan for Kuk World Heritage Site

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 PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority,  PNG Department of Education,  PNG National Cultural Comission

Human Adaptation and Plant Use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 Years Ago

 PNG Department of Education

A Basic Education For All (EFA) is critical if all citizens are to participate in a modern society. This is a
right for all children, both boys and girls, in Papua New Guinea as stated in the National Constitution. A
basic education is essential for the personal development of all people to provide them with the skills and
knowledge to improve their quality of life.

 PNG Department of Education,  PNG National Cultural Comission

CURRENT TRENDS IN LANGUAGE SKILLS AND ETHNO-BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE