Culture
The four languages of Goodenough (Bwaidoka, Iduna, Diodio, and Buduna or Wataluma) belong to the Milne Bay Family of Austronesian languages. The dominant language, Bwaidoka, was adopted as a lingua franca by the Wesleyan (Methodist) Mission at the turn of the century. At the 2000 census the population was 20,814.
List of villages working clockwise around Goodenough Island starting at Vivigani Airfield on the northeast coastal plain, as shown in Google Earth.
- Vivigani (this is not an actual village per se, although there are several in the vicinity of the airstrip)
- Bolubolu (the administrative centre)
- Wailagi (United Church mission station and 1–6 Elementary School)
- Kilia
- Lauwela
- Auwale
- Debenefue
- Diodio
- Tatala
- Waibula
- Ufaufa
- Wataluma Mission and Plantation
- Ulaluya Mission
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