ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN

The third intervention came in the 19th century with the arrival of the European brought farreaching and permanent change and a slow but inevitable mutual awakening of PNG to the rest of the World.

Initially the newcomers had little impact on PNG’s forested land or the role the forests played in the customary life of the people.

188510 . An expedition preparing to set out from Port Moresby in 1885 for the crest of the Owen Stanley

Ranges.

Source. Commonwealth Dept. of Territories. 1959.

1897. Burns Philp wharf Port Moresby with railway.

Source PNG National Archives.

10 Reference PNGAF Mag #2 of 7/10/20.