Although many songs were submitted to be the anthem, the National Executive Council decided a week before the country's Independence Day (10 September 1975), to adopt as the national anthem a composition that was composed by Chief Inspector Thomas Shacklady (1917–2006), a bandmaster of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Band. Get all the lyrics to songs by PNG and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Thomas Shacklady, the composer of the PNG National Anthem "O ARISE ALL YOU SONS OF THIS LAND" was born in Gateshead, County Durham, UK, in 1917.. Enlisting in the Royal Marines in 1935, he subsequently became a musician studying for two years at the Royal Marines School of Music (Deal, UK). Papua New Guinea became self-governing on 1 December 1973 and achieved independence on 16 September 1975. PNG Independence Day is marked across the country with flag hoisting ceremonies, official speeches, folk singing and … The PNG economy, after allowing for inflation, is 3.3 times larger than in 1975. Two years later, PNG became self-governing. It was granted full independence on September 16, 1975. This gallery will show photos of Papua New Guinea and its people taken between 1966 and 1973 as seen through the lenses of National Service soldiers serving in PNG. Iam after some old PNG music that was recorded in the late 1970s and early 1980s by PNG pioneer groups,Iam after groups like : APPLE SUN Band (1970s)-(the singer was 16 year old John Wong and Frank low back then)-Recorded by NBC. Discover the Top 100 songs with their videoclips and the most popular music in this country. My father, passed away on Mother’s Day 2009, but gave a framed copy of his 1975 Independence Day photo to the PNG High Commissioner Brigadier General Ken Noga in Canberra, Australia to celebrate the 21 st anniversary of PNG’s Independence. It also shows other photos of interest in other pre-independence periods : Educational Corps prior to the National Service era He also included a framed calligraphy copy of the Bible text: John 3:16 in 3 languages – English, Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu – we … Annual national event commemorating the anniversary of PNG's Independence on 16 September 1975. In 1971, it was renamed Papua New Guinea. The APPLE SUN had a hit song called "Frankie and Gypsie Rose" all own composition. In West Papua (half of the island of New Guinea, with Papua New Guinea a separate nation to the east, and Australia 150 miles south), songs and … Many people doubted that this would be possible at the time of Independence given the challenges and uncertainties facing the new country. The first commercial release to see an international audience did not occur until 1991, when percussionist Mickey Hart's Voices of the Rainforest was released.. After 1872, foreigners introduced Christian hymns, including Gregorian chanting. 1 talking about this. The country joined the United Nations (UN) on 10 October 1975 by way of Security Council Resolution 375 and General Assembly resolution 3368. This playlist includes the most listened tracks in Papua New Guinea. I was also there for the music. Economic growth since Independence. TUMBY BAY - In the end, Papua New Guinea’s peaceful transition to independence turned out to be a case of the right people coming together at the right time. After independence, the outside world knew little of the diverse peoples' traditional music genres.