The District Commissioner
Addendum 8: Konedobu
Additional information for Chapter 2 - New Guinea calls and for Chapter 33 - 1945 to 1975 – a time of administrative change for District Commissioners and Public Servants
Konedobu is a suburb of Port Moresby in the National Capital District. It is located between Touaguba Hill and Burns Peak.
Government House is located there as well as the headquarters of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and numerous Government departments. The Hubert Murray Sports Stadium, the Aviat Club, the Royal Papua Yacht Club, and the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier newspaper headquarters are located in Konedobu (also referred to as 'Kone'). It also contains residential areas. Significant thoroughfares in Konedobu include Lawes Road and the Poreporena Freeway.
This photo is Konedobu in 1948, 8 years after David’s arrival, taken from Burns Peak, and is believed to have been sourced from the “Walkabout Magazine”, but the photographer is unknown. It was uploaded online by Geoff Hancock.
Photo of the Port Moresby suburb of Konedobu, with Harbour City in the foreground.
Photo credit is Milen Stiliyanov from the Business Advantage PNG article dated 27 February, 2018 “Economic update: slow but steady resurgence in the Papua New Guinea economy” by Andrew Wilkins at www.businessadvantagepng.com/a-slow-but-steady-resurgence.
The Hemis/Alamy stock photo here is of the Yacht Club in Konedobu today
Image ID R8YRAW licensed 19 September, 2021.
This photo is of the Hubert Murray Sports Stadium in Konedobu and was sourced from the 11 March, 2021 online article “Sir Hubert Murray Sports Stadium filled to capacity as PNG farewells Grand Chief” at news.pngfacts.com/2021/03/sir-hubert-murray-stadium-filled-to.html where the nation farewelled the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare at the place chosen by David Marsh where the Australian flag was lowered and the flag of his beloved country Papua New Guinea was raised on Independence Day 1975 (discussed in Chapter 35 The Coming of Independence).
