Famous People of PNG

The Famous People of PNG series is about remembering the heroes of our past.  It is written for students from Grade 8 upwards.

The series is ideal for use in:

• Personal Development (role models)
• Social Science and History
• Language (as a non-fiction reader)
• Libraries (reference)

Pipi Gari, from Elevala village in Port Moresby, lived through a time of revolutionary change and successfully adapted to the new ways.  He witnessed the arrival of Europeans, attended a missionary school and lived through the Second World War.  Always a man of the sea, he travelled as a child on several of the great Hiri trading voyages and later became the first Papuan captain of a coastal steamer.