Independence for Bougainville (Excerpt)
( read the full article at www.pngecho.com/first edition) “Bougainville will be independent whatever it takes.” Writes Chris Baria On September 8, 1968, soon after CRA announced that there was an estimated 900 million tons of low grade copper at Panguna, two out of the three members of the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly and 22 students met in Port Moresby to discuss a referendum to choose whether Bougainville should remain part of Papua New Guinea, secede or become part of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (now the Solomon Islands – an independent nation-state). My uncle was part of that Continue reading Independence for Bougainville (Excerpt)
