Rabaul Jewel of the Pacific
A Pictorial look at Historic Rabaul
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Rabaul is most pleasant, the tall waving palms of the plantations fringing the harbour, presented an atmosphere of graceful dignity as the steamer ploughed through the bluest of blue waters. From nowhere, as it seemed, many natives in their quaint canoes, sped out to meet the incoming steamer-laughing and chattering in their inimitable style. Government House, perched on its beautifully laid out rise at Namanula, smiled down on the colourful and impressing scene. The township of Rabaul is beautifully laid out with wide, well-constructed avenues which are planted with shady trees and hedges, and boasts a magnificent group of Botanical Gardens which lie under the shadow of a frowning hill covered\ with foliage of every shade of green. Beautiful turf tennis courts are laid out in the gardens, and are well tended by the locals under the supervision of the Director of Agriculture. All the bungalows are built on piles about six feet high, and are surrounded with spacious verandas.
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This Pictorial is a collection of images that represents a small part of Rabaul history. some of the imaged are a little distorted , many of these images are old and many have faded,many are over 100 years old Rabaul was known as Simpsonhafen during the German New Guinea administration which controlled the area between 1884 and formally till 1919. From 1910 Rabaul was the headquarters of German New Guinea until captured by the British Empire during World War I, when it became the capital of the Australian mandated Territory of New Guinea until 1937 when it was first partly destroyed by volcanic action .During World War II it was occupied by the Japanese Empire in 1942, and it became the main base of Japanese military and naval activity in the South Pacific. During the years of the Japanese occupation over the next four years the Allied forces destroyed the Town by saturation bombing no buildings were left standing, the beautiful old buildings and tree lined streets were all gone it was like a painter with a new canvas ready to create something new . A new town did rise out of the destruction which became Our Town. To the many who lived and were born there, Rabaul forever holds a place in our hearts. Then in 1994 nineteen years after independence the old town of Rabaul was practical reduced to insignificance by volcanic eruption ================= This is about the Town in our hearts
About the Author
I spent my youth in this tropical paradise 1954 to 1965 in the time growing up, I am Warren Bain Young. I became interested in the past, the German era 1914 the Mandate era the Japanese occupation and the Australian Colonial era. in 1975 Papua New Guinea arrived at Independence. In 1994 Rabaul, as most knew was destroyed by again volcanic eruption. The that is forever . The town we knew is no longer,yet those who lived