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“Burns Philp and Company Ltd- in The Pacific Islands – Part Five
Burn's Philp Shipping Map 1900.
In part 4 of the April/May edition of the Dunoon Gazette the Burns Philp story ended with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and the impact it was to have on the operations of BP’s during and after “The Great War.
“Burns Philp and Company Ltd- in The Pacific Islands – Part Four, (First move into the Pacific)
"There are unthinking people who say that Romance is dead.
Burns Philp And Company Ltd In The Pacific Islands - Part Three
A Burns Philp recruiting schooner in the Solomon Islands 1880's.
Burns Philp And Company Ltd In The Pacific Islands - Part Two
Burns Philp's store, Flinders Street, Townsville 1880's
In the previous Gazette, James Burns had made the decision to move up to Townsville to follow the discoveries of the large gold finds at Cape and Ravenswood and Charters Towers.
Burns Philp And Company Ltd In The Pacific Islands – Part One
James Burns founder of Burns Philp
LIKLIK BALUS – Part 2
Ivo Ruiter (left) receiving the Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award from Charles Betteridge (right)
LikLik Balus Part 1.
Liklik Balus is a Papua New Guinean name for small aircraft that fly into the remote areas of PNG.
My 'Secret Friends'.
Scene from Hanuabada Village near Port Moresby
During my thirty years in PNG, I was to find out quite unexpectedly that I had a lot of “secret” friends in amongst the many native people I came to know wherever I was located.
Land Of The Unknown Part 2
Tribal pay back. This is just a fraction of the large gathering of warriors gathered at the pay-back ceremony. Note how long those spears are and these guys are deadly accurate when they use them.