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Terry Commins replied to the topic Micahel Ryan papua catalogue now available in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 3 months ago
Mr. Ryan is to be congratulated on a very useful piece of work.
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Terry Commins replied to the topic Port Moresby wasn’t in 1917 in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 3 months ago
Captain John Moresby of HMS Basilisk landed at the inner reaches (Hanuabada) which he named Fairfax Harbour. At 10 am on 20 February 1873 he named the surrounds Port Moresby in honour of his father Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby.
In 1905 the Federal Government of Australia passed the Papua Act which transferred Papua, with Port Moresby as the…[Read more]
