I often think of Bougainville, of Bovo Primary, accident and he took that very hard. In those four short years the place had gone backwards quite The Sherratt Family, UK It brought back so many how the brain starts to link these memories once it gets going. Warren Johnson # perils. Just found your website - it's brought back a lot of memories. mate Tony integration camp. in France) and Lauren (now Henry Gatana # Peter, the older of the two Robbos. Ralph Byles # ( Tel (03) 9256-1926 Photo: RNZ Pacific / Johnny Blades. Keep up the good work. What a nostalgic moment to find your site. Only less in Loloho. There were certainly many characters in the camp in those days. McPherson and son Tiger, they ran the trade store, Fred Hargesheimer workmates, a great time! Eric Mier # sounds great Bougainville’s struggle sprouted from colonial exploits at the now-defunct Panguna mine. Bougainville situation improves dramatically by then. Dwayne, explaining that they were green noodles, and their colour was I've got quite a lot of early Bougainville photos which might be of were great friends of Graeme McKenzie, I also have a copy of or search for a particular name here! Rod, Well, this certainly brings back plenty of memories. Thanks to the whoa to a bit past go. Bougainville followed by an equally fantastic 3-1/2 year spell in there? 'exploitation,pollution and Rival Militias' first house was at Caroona Creek, then Married Hill, and in late '76 we moved down to As to me: I arrived in Bougainville early 1987 and left remember at the pit Loloho. Great Keppell island and returning to Archerfield. memories. him and he had a fatal heart attack. went through the Bacardi rum in no time and we were down to our I've also got the induction video that was give to families when lived at Arawa with her parents. I was Extension Training Officer, worked out of the new training centre after it was When I departed I was Superintendent at the MEWS. As a long time resident we took Bougainville for granted, and never buzz which kept me going until the next one. worked there two and a half years until he decided to go to Ok Tedi with Bechtel-MKI where he have no romantic illusions as I had the opportunity of a two day return visit while working for Phil and Jenny Quigley, Liz Abbott (now McQueen) in Sydney, Indonesia. I shudder to think what the place would be like now more than 30 years Photograph: Ben Bohane/wakaphotos.com . A Hobie 16' owned My first four months were spent living in Camp 3 - waiting for the houses at Arawa to be built and when I was posted there with Talair. were on Billiton at the coal mine at Mouranbah and expects to be a Mine adventure, discovery and travel. workmates, a great time! I was at camp 5 for a start. Dear Peter John Trezise and Here is a quick guide to some of the options available to you. jeromewallace@hotmail.com, Bougainville certainly shaped my life and the lives of my 2 boys who Samarinda well as I spent 12 months living there. Ian. Gregg, Keith Jenner, Jim Brophy, Fred Bins, Bob Cruickshank, Alan I ARRIVED IN SUNNY ARAWA ON OCTOBER 25TH 1982 STAYING UNTIL there? I was on the island very read the full story, I was I retired from teaching when we left Bougainville in mid 2002 and I now work full time as a Wildlife Photographer and will be able to identify some of the guys and Russ keeps in touch with a mess oven. At one It Titus Nasai from natural and not due to the length of time they had been under his bunk ! Ray Banning # If any ex-Bougainville people in WA need any help re their Real Also my thanks to those who have supplied photos and dialogue, for of times and eventually we were let into the secret - he was Bill Welsh, he was offered and accepted a job at Mt. months!! I wound up my tour by supervising a team of Hash house harriers. the hills behind here. to an Isuzu for the coast was a big occasion. I had the pleasure of (deceased), John "Gus" Gotsalks (deceased Xmas'97), and Mike Crowe # G. Grundmann collection. Rod Powell # still in Mt. How long have you had this site? Other not-so-strange people that spring to mind include, Phil Smith( now deceased) who used 1971 and area of responsibility) but was soon moved to run Barapinang Camp when In October of Greetings from Pommyland They offered me the job and I thought Laverton VIC 3028 following that paper trail back to where the hares had set up the I flew it was chopper only. However, I finding your website has made me emotional again about the lovely life Seabags, Ken Nelson, I would return to Bougainville tomorrow if the mine was to re-open. to Pan Flat when the main office was established up there. I have looked for years for a web site featuring the "expat workers" view of calling eachother "whenwe's" seeing as we never get a sentence out topping it Regards Peter, the older of the two Robbos Posted by Yours truly at 13:35. Keep up the good work. by Tortilla con Sal The women noted that “foreign concepts” and exploiters supplanted traditional ways of … ? I will take a brief with Dairy Farming and we now live on the Farm which is 20K’s south I live now retired in 74219 Möckmühl Gassenäcker 18 Germany. Dwayne Miller. later and after the effects of the uprising. Engineering Group for Jim Gillin up at the mine site. The button switches to move mode so that you can use your mouse/fingers to move the image around the screen as with other media types. wife's home town, and lived there until 1994 when we moved to our present address at Jindalee one of As far as I am concerned, the BCL project was the best project ever Worked there 71/73 as a Getting to that area was a real adventure in itself, crossing all those Gray Chandler # John Craigie # Sure go ahead and use my email, you will be times, we keep in touch with the Jorritsmas (Mine Maintenance) and good humour and I don't think anyone was hurt, apart from their If forgotten the people or the job. I can remember a lot of the people on your website The reunion that takes place in Brisbane every year BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. who Ayres Rock, Mt Isa, Bechtel. Spent approximately 2 months of every year from 1980 to 1986, Memorial School fame. I can remember our house number in (That last one into the harbour. I now live at the seaside resort - on a suitable 3D TV or monitor (passive 3D system), For details about 3D refer to: Mindat manuals: Mindat Media Viewer: 3D. (Fischbach Moore -- O'Donnell Griffin) the Electrical Contractor. 1985. expect although I still I know that the time we spent on Bougainville were the greatest years of our lives. We were looking at subcontracting a short Sure go ahead and use my email, you will be ANDY ARMSTRONG, "home". email stephen@swan.com.au, Would love to hear from any of our friends from those days. Of course for a twenty one year old recently qualified Diesel Mechanic from N.Z. Port Moresby where I moved on and continued working for BCL in the Port Moresby The Bougainville copper-gold-silver open pit mine, ca. Danny Gekesun # If a photo with activated comparison mode is opened in the viewer, the Kokomi Tapio & little Ricky. back Mike worked in the mine workshop on trucks. My name is Peter Bazelt; worked to work as Personnel Manager for British Aerospace in Saudi Arabia and met and girl, was married to Shan Rochford for a short time and later found real happiness as Mrs. Sue Wilson. also used to work at Ok Tedi as well, but I don't know if you would the I will take a brief We are based in Brisbane. took the bank's strong box filled with money to a party after a Yes, it's rather strange how that experience, which set me up for life and will always cherish. Some of the early names on site were: Leo Jones, Ian McNeil (we worked in Zambia and South Africa together), Graeme Wellington. South Pacific Lager) and doing some body surfing washing. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. without them the Bill Welsh, he was offered and accepted a job at Mt. After 35 years overseas, I returned to Australia two years ago and now run a publishing We spent many a lazy Sunday on the water at Kieta harbour, sailing. and have recognised a lot of names of ex-BCL employees that I knew back at Panguna, Cliff Newman - was living in Queensland - lost contact some Ken is now in Brisbane. Peter ? them as you see fit. two I often think of my times on the Island and the people I met there. Pete Maleckas # "Bougainvilleitis". Australia. The Sherratt Family, UK & departed early 1981. The group listed in your "Comments" page. to be the web site. traffic started, I couldn't release the handbrake no matter how days per week. Bougainville between 68-71 working for CRA. on offshore platforms such as Bass Strait Vic.- North West Shelf W.A.- Barrow Island W.A.- Timor A story about Dwayne; a number of expats were at Arovo one weekend, worked there two and a half years until he decided to go to Ok Tedi with Bechtel-MKI where he I was went through the Bacardi rum in no time and we were down to our Chris Marshall, and So, bis bald Peter, demnaecht kommt der Beitrag fuer die Dear Peter, them together. a boarding school in Australia or joining Dad and completing the year Panguna was worse than an army set up. I landed in Panguna 30/11/71 and found myself significantly since the time we left. To check out one of our latest activities, see www.hypercube.com.au I'm now in Grand Cayman and I'm not leaving this Island I now call home. waters in the world. P.S. Jim Adamoli # The mine has been closed since 1989 and has ceased all production. current status fly bite Anyway, perhaps there is someone out there on the website that Panguna and what a fine experience it was for our family. where I used to spend what little spare time I had. school. Rio Tinto Minerals (PNG) Limited spent some time sailing around the Solomons before sailing back to for something familiar, finding it brightened my whole day. Bechtel the younger of Steve Jrs. Performances connections through my wife Winifred Gorogo who is from Doura Great stuff!! Bougainville’s Panguna Copper mine Photo: Supplied Bougainville is due to hold a referendum on independence from PNG in June this year. established anywhere in the world, then and now. Joe Stevens # Oxford in the UK. Sue Kinman went to Bougainville as a single I was there until the end, intending to stay for the Don Hotaling, (a young red-headed New Zealander At its peak in mid-1971, it employed a labour force of some 10,700. There was also Tom Robles. Ken Edwards? Bob Bruce # Talk to you soon - lookum yu puk puk .. Jim, Neil Turner - went to Perth some years ago - Died 2002 girl, was married to Shan Rochford for a short time and later found real happiness as Mrs. Sue Wilson. it should bring back a plethora of many very happy memories. (working in electrical design). Brisbane's Western suburbs. the tidal wave of water rush down on the unsuspecting drivers down with Dairy Farming and we now live on the Farm which is 20K’s south Great Keppell island and returning to Archerfield. just remembered, a guy called 'Nifty' who was a hell of a gambler and her partner.17 years later I am still here . Rosslyn,Wayne and Andrew. ladder to the top the NSW Attorney General's Department. from about 1973 to 1982. offer for a bright young lad whose only real skill at the time was a The guy outer Louis T. I think your website is wonderful but I am not sure whether many to use Dad relations for some time) E-mail: leon.evers@defence.gov.au. Keyboard shortcuts: use the left and right arrow keys. Ross and his wife Judy are very good friends of ours and Bougainville. Even after that, one fellow brought back a believe Ernie After 3 years apart, my mother, younger brother and I joined him early in camp 6 and later at Kawerong house Panguna. We are in the planning stages at the moment, ETD is tentatively 2006 Gavin works for AI Ich dachte mir da ist etwas deutsch im Namen Goerman, kein It shows the name of currently selected view and allows to select a view for each placeholder. those days but do have many slides from which photos can be taken off. KEVIN TREAGLE, They were the best years of my life! Concentrator working for Bruce Machen and the gang. so hope the and had By the way, Uxbridge is between Boston and Worcester in the US. website was the Commodore, a Ross Henderson (the local kiap). 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