"This book is all about our country, but mainly our people. Not just the well-known people or national leaders, but everyone in the community no matter where he lives, or what his work is. Through this book we can see how much work has gone into the development of our country to prepare it for the responsibilities of the future. Also, we can see that though the family in the Highlands may live in a round house, while the family on the coast lives in one built on stilts, all families in our country are basically the same." --Intro
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Title on cover: Papua New Guinea: independence 1975