The exotic and fascinating country – and Australia’s colonial past there – is out of sight and out of mind to most Australians. We should turn that aroundAustralia never spent a grand deal of money on Port Moresby when it was the headquarters of Australia’s colonial administration. Indeed,the contrast between what the British had built in Suva during its colonial governance of Fiji and what Australia constructed in Port Moresby for its administration of Papua current Guinea is revealing.
The stone and concrete Suva buildings are majestic examples of colonial architecture. In Konedobu, on the shores of the Port Moresby harbour, and the Australian administration consisted of a collection of unimpressive wooden buildings,some quite ramshackle.
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Source: theguardian.com