John Waiko discusses his university days, politics, demonstrating against Australian foreign minister Ceb Barnes and the role of the Vice Chancellor John Gunther.
Charles Lepani relates how he was invited to be a participant in a television debate run by the ABC between Charlie Barnes (Minister for External Territories) and Gough Whitlam on PNG Independence at New England University in Armidale. He relates how on returning to PNG he was involved as a trade union activist in the Port Moresby urban minimum wage case and succeeded in increasing the minimum wage from $8 to $13.50 heard by Arbitration Commissioner Len Matthews.
Josephine Abaijah discusses the reaction of others in parliament to the Papua Besena movement, the lack of support from other Papuans in parliament because she was a woman and the research that Papuans have since conducted into their own history. She recalls making arrangments to visit Australia but no government minister would meet with her resulting in her use of demonstrations back in PNG.
Michael Somare outlines visits of Australians to PNG including Bob Menzies and Ceb Barnes and the latter's prediction that Independence was 30 years away. He discusses the views of the more moderate Andrew Peacock who replaced Ceb Barnes.
