Naringel Primary School 1964
1964 - Naringel Primary School Naringel Primary School was my first posting after graduation from my E Course in Rabaul. The course was only 6 months long but the lecturers were very experienced teachers or administrators (one was a educational psychologist and primary teacher lecturer from Sydney) so we did not lack expertise on the staffing side. I was picked up at Momote Airport by Mr Percy Jensen who was the Education Officer for Manus District (as it was called then) and driven to Lorengau where I would stay with Mr Jensen until the next day. After breakfast, the next day Mr Jensen drove me to Kim Foon and Sons where I set up a monthly account to dinau food and supplies until my pay came through. Because there was no electricity at the school, I bought a kerosene pressure lamp, a primus kerosene stove (there was only a wood stove at the house in Naringel at that time) , a kerosene iron and a new wick for the kerosene refrigerator! Every seemed to run on kerose...