Personalities
pp. 44-45 · Read in the full issue
new guinea Personalities
THIS first official picture of Mrs. D. O, Hay, wife of Papua- New Guinea’s new Administrator, was taken in Govern ment House grounds, Port Moresby, at the end of February; And the photograph below, most unofficial, is one of the last taken in the territory of Lady Cleland, wife of the previous Administrator, Sir Donald Cleland, before the couple left for overseas on retirement. It was taken in Madang, and: shows Lady Cleland preparing to dive under Madang Harboun with aqualung equipment, as a guest of the Madang Under water Explorers’ Club. In the background Mr. Tom Briggs watches Mr. Warren Warburton, club president, adjust Cleland’s diving gear. Lady Cleland made two dives, and went down 40 ft. Sir Donald had been invited too, but he pre ferred to leave it to his wife.
On the opposite page is another of the territory’s leading personalities soon to retire—Mr. J. K. McCarthy, seen witfr his wife, Jean, shortly after he announced that he will step:
)wn as Director of District Adminis ation next September, after 40 years the territory. They are looking at >me of Mr. McCarthy’s oil paint igs. The Department of District dministration is probably best lown under its old title of Depart ent of Native Affairs, and Keith cCarthy reached the top of it after colourful career which began in ►27 when he arrived from Mel >urne as a young patrol officer, e has published one book. Patrol to Yesterday, and recently com eted another commissioned manu ript, a New Guinea history for :ondary school students.
At right. Dr. Lenga Dopenu has rned herself a nitch in territory :ords by becoming the second jw Guinea woman to graduate in idicine. The first was Dr. Amelia Dmba, of Popondetta, who gradu ;d in 1964. Dr. Dopenu spent a ar as a nurse in Port Moresby fore beginning her five-year idical course with the Papuan edical College. She is seen here owing her diploma to her husband, nee Corporal Lenkewe Dopenu. the Pacific Islands Regiment, and Brigadier I. M. Hunter, Papua ;w Guinea Army commander. The )penus both come from Finsch fen.
The pictures on these pages were taken P-NG Administration: Plllronia Enter [?]ses, Madang; and Army PR.