Madang Province (Papua New Guinea)

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
Keywords: madang | papua new guinea | stars: 5 (black) | memorial | coconut palm branch | drum |
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Red, yellow and black stripes (representing the national flag) form the background. Six white stars represent the 6 districts. In black and white, Madang's memorial to the coastwatchers of the Second World War is surrounded by coconut palm branches (for agriculture) and a slit drum (for tradition). Source: PNG: A fact book on modern Papua New Guinea, Jackson Rannells, Oxford University Press (Melbourne), 1990.

David Cohen, 1 August 1999