He arrived in the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea to serve as a kiap (colonial administrator) in 1953, and remained permanently in the country.
1972 elections saw the formation of a ministry headed by Chief Minister Michael Somare, who pledged to lead PNG to self-government and then to independence.
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