Professor Richard Jackson did a paper on relocation of PNG’s
national capital to Arona Valley in the mid-seventies. His paper was based on
an earlier work he did for the then Chief Minister, Sir Michael Somare prior to
independence in about 1973/4 period. The University of Papua New Guinea would
be more than pleased to revisit the topic and commence a national discourse on the
subject matter, according to Associate Professor, Dr Norlie Miskaram of the
Department of Geography, University of Papua New Guinea.