Ethel Arek states that each region had the same trouble between mission and government schools, and they transferred from Popondetta to Kerema in 1957 and then to Daru.
Henry Chow describes how his father re-established his trade store and plantation and purchased a boat and began to trade copra. He describes how he and his older brother were sent to school in Australia, flying on a DC3 via Finch Hatton, Lae, Port Moresby, Townsville and Brisbane before arriving in Sydney. He describes spending 1948 at De La Salle College before being transferred the next year to St Joseph's College.
Henry Chow describes his relocation to Namatanai after the war, the building of houses and the schooling of the Chinese prior to their transfer back to Rabaul. He recalls recommencing his basic schooling at the Administration School.
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.
