Jul
19
2010
The public of Cairns have voted on three books which will be discussed at the ‘Biggest Book Club‘ featuring Gretel Killeen, Val Schier and Fiona Serwell. One of these books is ‘Mr Pip’ by Lloyd Jones. This book is about Bougainville. It is common knowledge that the author had not visited that country before he [...]
Tags: biggest book club, bougainville, bougainville blue, bougainville blue book, bougainville book, bougainville copper, bougainville freedom fighters, bougainville revolutionary army, brian darcey, cairns publisher, panguna, panguna copper mine
Jul
19
2010
Cairns resident Brian Darcey (who lived in Panguna before and after thb mine was established) wrote a fictionalised version of the life and death of the Panguna Mine in Bougainville. Little did he know then that when a Trade Delegation from Bougainville visited Cairns – jaques Coffee etc – to set up business opportunities – [...]
Tags: bougainville, bougainville blue, cairns bougsinville trade, joseph tanis