PNGAF Mag Issue #10A-3 Part 3-A of 16th Jan 2024 Opening BFC Barnes 1965 by rbmccarthy

PNGAF Mag Issue #10A-3 Part 3-A of 16th Jan 2024 Opening BFC Barnes 1965

AUSTRALIAN FORESTERS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1922-1975

PNGAF MAG ISSUE # 10A–3 Part 3-A of 16th Jan 2024.

TECHNICAL and TERTIARY TRAINING and its CONTRIBUTION to PNG FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT until 1975.

PART THREE: OPENING Bulolo Forestry College

Opening by Minister for Teritories, The Hon. C.E.Barnes MP on the 3rd of August 1965. It was then known as the Papua and New Guinea Forestry School Bulolo.

Editor Dick McCarthy1

2Janelle Clifford recalls being at the opening as one of the things that stuck in her memory was Barnes dozing off during the speeches..

Official Procession leaving BFC 1965. Photo credit Ian Smith (son of late John Smith) 1965. 1 District Forester Bulolo 1973-1975 2 Janelle Clifford personal communication 17 April 2020

Photo credit: Ian Smith (son of late John Smith) 1965.

Speech by Hon. C. E. Barnes Minister for Territories on 3 August 1965 on the Opening of the Papua and New Guinea Forestry School Bulolo

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Hon C.E Barnes Minister for Territories 1963-1972.