Josephine Abaijah discusses her first encounters with Australians when she went to Australia when aged 15-16. She states that at Milne Bay she only had Papuan teachers, and sat for a scholarship examination. She recalls that her father was not happy about that but her mother encouraged her. She recalls that she joined a group who all went to schools in Charters Towers, Queensland.
Michael Somare discusses the strategy of the House of Assembly reforming as the National Constitutional Assembly to debate the constitution and give the two eras a complete legal break. He discusses how unusual it was for a colony to write its own constitution. He emphasises the role of Australian education in PNG from 1960 and the group selected to complete secondary education and join the Australian Public Service.
Michael Somare discusses his selection to the Administrative College in Sogeri, his qualifying for the Australian public service and the use of the Queensland curriculum and examinations in the College.
