To: SunkenCiv
Circumnavigation of New Guinea: Wewak to Port Moresby
LINK
Jayapura, previously called Hollandia, changed names when Indonesia took possession of the western half of New Guinea by popular election in 1969. In contention with the English, it was the Dutch who were the resident colonial power as far back as 1660, and remained so until the Japanese occupation on April 19, 1942. The 19th century saw oil and mineral exploration throughout western New Guinea, and the U.S.-owned Freeport Copper Mine persists today.
On our arrival in Jayapura we were met by a band of enthusiastic dancers in traditional dress. A strong Indonesian influence was immediately noticeable...
2 posted on
10/26/2009 11:28:42 PM PDT by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: Fred Nerks
Can’t find any images. Do you know where there might be some?
3 posted on
10/26/2009 11:34:09 PM PDT by
MestaMachine
(One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1, 4 if by Thread.)
To: Fred Nerks
I spent 3 months at the Grassberg Mine mentioned in the later post. Amazing country and people. They were still finding “stone age” tribes in the higher remote valleys in the 1930’s. When the locals working at the mine would quit, they would get to the mine property, shuck their steel toed boots and head off on their 20 mile walk over the 14,000 foot elevation rocky pass in their bare feet.
5 posted on
10/26/2009 11:34:58 PM PDT by
21twelve
(Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
To: Fred Nerks
The new Art's czar?
To: Fred Nerks
Many `matuto` paintings found in Kaimana
It's THE GREAT M U T A T O, investigated by FBI's Scully and Mulder who turned out to be a disfigured boy. Show title: Post Modern Prometheus
11 posted on
10/27/2009 11:30:14 AM PDT by
urtax$@work
(The best kind of memorial is a Burning Memorial.........)
To: Fred Nerks
Matuto paintings were found in the sites of Omborecena, Memnemba, Memnemnambe and Tumberawasi What a coincidence! Those are the same names as the lady's kids down at the laundromat the other day.
12 posted on
10/27/2009 11:33:01 AM PDT by
Sloth
(For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of the International Olympic Committee.)
To: Fred Nerks; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
14 posted on
10/27/2009 4:40:35 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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