Researching the Kainantu Golf Club history
30 January 2011
BY CHARLES MICHEALS
I LIVED in PNG from 1985-2000, working in the highlands with the Summer Institute of Linguistics and often played at the Kainantu Golf Club. I'm now in the midst of writing the history of the club.
I'd love to hear from people who played at the club or who have photos of the course, clubhouse and players. I'm especially interested in the history of how the Kainantu course was built and how the club was started.
I'd love to also get in touch with Muriel Laner and or her friend Hollie Smith Kershaw who wrote the only book (Kainantu, Gateway to the Highlands) that I know of about the history of Kainantu. I know Muriel from my time in PNG and have Hollie's book, but she doesn't mention the golf course at all and I don't have their contact information.
My email address is [email protected]
Thanks for any help you might be able to give me. (Note spelling of my last name which is also the way I spell my name in the email address.)
I was in Kainantu from 1966 to 1980 and was a member of the Kainantu Country Club and Golf Club and was at different times Captain,Treasurer and Handicapper.
I have been back a few times in recent years and the golf course is just a memory.
I wonder if anyone was able to rescue the plaque with the names of Life Members on it.
Posted by: Norm Reeves | 08 February 2016 at 01:29 PM
Today I was on a tour of the PNG display at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane.
Included in the group was Muriel Laner. I showed her the Kainantu photo in the RSL News.
She said her late husband was the person in front with the white shirt and tie. She did not know the soldiers in uniform as they were visitors for the service.
Posted by: Barry Smith | 22 March 2013 at 08:03 PM
I have seen Muriel Laner several times at Toowong Library at "Memories of the South Pacific Islands", held on the first friday of the month (9am to 12noon)
I have some possible contacts about the Cross of Remembrance photo in the Qld. RSL News.
Posted by: Barry Smith | 21 March 2013 at 08:58 AM
An inspiring story : Michael
Posted by: Barry Smith | 21 March 2013 at 07:58 AM