Australia, New Zealand Encyclopedia 1. (töredék) [antikvár]

AABAIJAH, Josephine M.Josephine M. Abaijah (1944- ) bccame in 1972 the first woman to be elected to the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea. She campaigned as the leader of a movement called Papua Beseiia, which means, roughly, 'Papua community'. The movement wanted Papua to remain politically connected with Australia, and separate from New Guinea. Members staged peaceful demonstrations in protest, when PNG became self-governing in 1973. Partly as a resuh of demands by Josephine Abaijah and Papua Besena, Michacl Somare, the chief minister, promised more economic help for Papua.Josephine Abaijah, one of 17 children, was bom at Misima, in the Louisiade Archipelago. She was educated in Queensland and England.ABALONEAbalone is a large shellfish with a single shell shaped like an ear. In New Zealand, it is known as panel.People eat abalone, which have firm flesh with a strong, distinctive flavour. They are an expensive delicacy, especially in the Americas and Asia, and much of the Pacific catch is canned and exported to countries in these continents. The abalone's shell can grow up to 15cm long. It is pearly blue-green inside and is sometimes used to make jewellery.Abalone live attached to rocks by suction. Skin-divers gather them, from the low water mark to a depth of about 35m, by prising them from the rocks. The divers risk the 'bends' and attacks from sharks, but in a good year they can earn as much as SA10,0()0.The ear-shaped shell of the abalone or paua, found in Australian and NZ waters, is lined with mother of pearl. r