History
- 18,000 years ago - people lived in the Lamari valley in rock shelters.
- 11,000 years ago - inhabitants at Kaliavana, Asaro Valley.
- 9,000 years ago - trade links with people along the coast, were still hunters and gatherers.
- 1927 - Lutheran missionaries in the Asaro and Bena valleys.
- 1930s - Arrival of Australian gold prospectors and kiaps to the Province.
- 1942-1945 - World War II - many villagers worked as labourers or carriers for the Allies.
- 1943 - Goroka bombed several times by the Japanese.
- 1946 - Goroka becomes an administrative centre.
- 1950s - First road link from Goroka to Lae completed. Expatriates began growing arabica coffee in Goroka and Kainantu which becomes PNG's top cash crop.
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