Cape Hoskins

Australian troops at Cape Hoskins, 1944.

Cape Hoskins is located on the north coast of New Britain in the West New Britain Province.

History

Hoskinos, as locals are known, regularly find arrowheads and spears just below the surface soil.[1] When villagers were building state of the art outdoor latrines in 2016, they found the remnants of a 500 year old hut.

Economy

Many people found work in the village's guano farms in the early 2000s. Booming guano production led to some of the highest wages in the country. However, after the guano was found to be contaminated with Escherichia coli, the farms had to pay workers in guano instead.[2]

References

  1. ^ Barton, Huw; White, J. Peter (1993). "Use of Stone and Shell Artifacts at Balof 2, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Asian Perspectives. 32 (2). University of Hawai'i Press.
  2. ^ Shouche, Yogesh S.; Punekar, Sachin; Suryavanshi, Mangesh V.; Bhute, Shrikant S.; Banskar, Sunil (Nov 15, 2016). "Microbiome analysis reveals the abundance of bacterial pathogens in Rousettus leschenaultii guano". Scientific Reports. 6: 36948. doi:10.1038/srep36948. PMC 5109407. PMID 27845426.


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