The 1978 Commonwealth Games: How a Boxer Brought a New Country Together

Zurenuoc, Manasupe; Herbert, Felicity

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The 1978 Commonwealth Games: How a Boxer Brought a New Country Together

Date

2016

Authors

Zurenuoc, Manasupe

Herbert, Felicity

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

Abstract

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a diverse country of over 800 different languages spread over remote and diverse terrain. Bringing a country like this together was always going to be challenging. This In Brief describes how the many differences were put aside when a young boxer from Tsio Island represented PNG, just after its independence, at the Montreal Commonwealth Games.