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Arawa Town
Arawa was a town created by BCL and the PNG administration to house and support the workers (and their families) and all those associated with the Panguna mine and government services. Here are picture sequences to display how the town came together and what happened to it.
Building the town, it started of as a plantation.
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Arawa Town before 1989
Arawa before 1989
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Arawa before 1989
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The aftermath, most public building burnt or roofless, then some rebuilding
Arawa centre destruction
The row that held the chemist
Former shops newsagent , chemist etc.
2019 Arawa
Arawa centre destruction
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