The District Commissioner
Addendum 7: Papua Hotel
Additional information for Chapter 2 New Guinea calls
The Papua Hotel, Port Moresby, around 1928.
From a collection of old PNG photos by Michael Coutts.
The photo above is of the Papua Hotel and Papuan Cinema.
Photo source is unknown
This photo is of the Papua Hotel.
Photo source is unknown
This Clifford Wallace Australian War Memorial photo was sourced from www.awm.gov.au Accession Number 013430 and was taken 12 October, 1942 outside the Papua Hotel in Port Moresby.
It shows US General Douglas MacArthur and Australian General Blamey as they arrive for their tour of the New Guinea battle area in World War II.
These photos are of the Papuan theatre on Musgrave Street and were sourced from page 211 of the book “Port Moresby Taim bipo” by Stuart Hawthorne and is provided courtesy of the family of the late Stuart Hawthorne. The lower interior photo is circa 1953.
This photo is of the Papua Hotel and Douglas Street Port Moresby was taken on ANZAC Day in 1956 and was sourced from the State Library of NSW. Was posted online by Geoff Hancock 22 May, 2020.
This photo is of the Papua Hotel and Papuan Cinema taken in 1963 together with the clock and chairs used by the traffic policemen, 23 years after the arrival of David into Port Moresby. The photo from Bob Grieve was sourced from the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia website on 31 October, 2021 at pngaa.org/port-moresby-1963-photos-by-bob-grieve/ and is provided courtesy of the PNGAA.
The September, 1965 photo above is of the iconic Police Traffic Island Clock seen near the Papua Hotel Lounge Entrance in downtown Port Moresby. The photo is believed to have been taken by D Beal, film number 27. ANTA. It was uploaded online by Peter J Tate on the 9 August, 2020.
The 3 photos above of the Papua Hotel are from the Burns Philp archives dated 1960 to 1972, believed to have been supplied by Lindsay Parry, and uploaded online by Geua Boe-Gibson 31 May, 2020.