Wokbung Wantaim

1943 - The remains of the Sattelberg Church, Finschhafen This is a painting by Nora Heysen that shows the remains of the Church at Sattelberg after the 8 days of heavy bombing by the Allied troops attacking the Japanese stronghold on Sattelberg. Finally on 24th November 1943 the Japanese had to flee Satelberg the night before and the Allied force completely secure the hilltop of Satelberg. The caption of the painting reads "The timber remains of the church at Sattelberg Mission; only the cross and the pulpit are left standing" And further abstract from a news article found on the National Library of Australia online database reads "REMAINS OF CHURCH - A heap of timber, a few curiously carved figures, and a sturdy cross still standing and still undamaged was once the mission church. The wooden figures with brilliant robes and deep brown faces were the native artists' conception of the Saints. Lying among the timber was a gaudy pulpit carved from t

Do you know that a former Royal Australian Navy boat given as a gift to the PNGDF Navy in 1987 was named after Dregerhafen in Finschhafen, Morobe Province? Oct 2013 - HMPNGS Dreger entering Sydney Harbour Before we jump to that, lets go back... First of all, where does the name of the place Dregerhafen come from? Dregerhafen is infact two words, Dreger and Hafen. Just like Finschhafen, Finsch and Hafen. Finsch named after Otto Finsch the German explorer who explored most of the North Western part of the island of New Guinea. The Finschhafen proper is the habour in which Maneba wharf sits formed by the Nugidu Peninsula (point). Hafen in German means Harbour so it is Finsch-Harbour. Now back to Dregerhafen. Further south of Finschhafen is Dregerhafen. The place is named after Captain Martin Dreger, another German but this time he was the captain of the 1884 expedition on the sailing ship named "Samoa" that took Otto Finsch around the Pacific laying claim