Morobe is a small coastal village located in Morobe Bay , in the south of Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea .
4-639: The Morobe goldfield is in Morobe, Papua New Guinea , and mined gold . It was the largest employer of indentured labour on the island at one time, employing many Biangai 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 . But that was the limit of local involvement until 1957 when the Administration began to issue miner's permits to Papua New Guineans. By this time
8-524: The New Guinea campaign . Nearby Yanina village made headlines around the world after Thomas Eri, a sex cult leader who promised bumper banana crops for those who had sex in public in front of him, escaped from police with seven of his naked followers. Morobe town is serviced by Morobe Airport. 7°45′27″S 147°35′39″E / 7.75750°S 147.59417°E / -7.75750; 147.59417 This Morobe Province geography article
12-434: The peak of alluvial production was past, but from this point the proportion of the total in local hands rose to 80% by 1975, according to a 1975 analysis of buying records. This Morobe Province geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a specific mine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Morobe, Papua New Guinea An administrative post for
16-611: The protectorate of German New Guinea , it was occupied by Australian troops of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 1914 during World War I . During World War II , Morobe was occupied by the Imperial Japanese in 1942. On 3 April 1943 the United States Army liberated Morobe. The village and surrounding area became a staging point for American and Australian troops during
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