Details about Australia's relationship with PNG after the Sandline Affair have been kept out of the National Archives'annual release of cabinet papers.
Ben Bohane draws on his archive of photos spanning 25 years of Bougainville's history in times of war and peace and more recently,their vote for nationhood.
One of Australia's neighbours is poised to become the world's newest nation. But there are still a few more forks in the road on the nation's long path to peace.
The final say will now go to lawmakers in the Papua New Guinea Parliament.
Experts believe people the 250,000 people of Bougainville will vote overwhelming in favour of independence.
Marilyn met her husband Moses in 1967. From that moment her fate was fixed to Bougainville's fight for freedom.
China is on the front foot across the south Pacific,as allegations of bribery emerge in the Solomon Islands and a leader on Bougainville reveals a Chinese “masterplan”.
When 60 Minutes applied to film on the island of Kiribati,the government,which is cosying up to China,changed the rules,then detained us.
An Anglo-Australian copper and gold mine helped trigger a deadly civil war 30 years ago. Now Bougainville is poised to vote for independence.
The people of Bougainville are poised to vote for independence and already Australians,including Andrew"Twiggy"Forrest,are hoping to exploit their resources.