
The interviews will be accessible to Papua New Guinean and Australians through a web portal formally hosted by the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery, as well as through the University of Queensland and Deakin University websites. The intention is to form a permanent collection to be retained by the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery that will provide insights into how the nation¹s first leaders were able to establish a vision of a united PNG and bring the people to embrace independence.
This is a cooperative project between Deakin University, the University of Queensland and the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery, and it also has the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, PNG independence leader and former Prime Minister -naturally one of the interviewees- has kindly agreed to be patron of the project. The intention is to launch the website publicly
later in 2015, which marks the 40th anniversary of PNG independence.






