Did you spend some time on the Bougainville Copper Project in the sixties and seventies? If you did, we want to hear from you! There aren't many of us left and it would be good to hear from those who lived with us in the camps or in Panguna or Arawa or Kieta and shared with us the experience - click here.
Wouldn't it be great to revisit Bougainville, drive up to Panguna, swim at Loloho Beach, or go shopping at Greens in Kieta? The Bougainville Copper Project shaped our lives as many of us continued to work on overseas projects. Others returned to suburbia and ordinary jobs but they, too, were forever changed by the experience.
Where are they all today? Many are settled back in Australia while others stayed on in New Guinea or settled elsewhere, and some are still on the move. When were you on Bougainville? Who did you work for and what did you do? Have you photographs or memories to share which we could publish on our blog?
My email address is
I look forward to receiving your email!
Peter Goerman
ex-auditor for Bechtel Corporation
during the construction phase of the mine
(By the way, do you remember the rumours about the stuff they put in our tea in the camp, to keep our minds off it...? Well, more than fifty years later, I think mine's beginning to work.)
