Morobe, Papua New Guinea Morobe is a small coastal village located in Morobe Bay, in the south of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
History
An administrative post for the protectorate of German New Guinea, it was occupied by Australian troops of the Australian Naval and ...
indentured labour
Indentured servitude is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years. The contract, called an "indenture", may be entered "voluntarily" for purported eventual compensation or debt repayment, ...
on the island at one time, employing many
Biangai
The Biangai people are an ethnic group living on the slopes of the upper Bulolo valley, in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Gu ...
people. On 30 June 1936 there were 13,121 labourers in Morobe as a whole, 6816 of whom were classified as involved in mining at Wau and
Bulolo
Bulolo is a town in Wau-Bulolo Urban LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea,Gold mines in Papua New Guinea