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	Rabaul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, until 1994.
		Rabaul has good diving and snorkeling sites and a spectacular harbour, and was slowly becoming a popular tourist destination before the eruptions.
		Rabaul subsequently became the capital of the Territory of New Guinea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabaul (524 words)

	rabaul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea until 1994.
		Rabaul has good diving and snorkeling sites and a spectacular harbour, and so was slowly becoming a popular tourist destination before the eruptions.
		During World War II Rabaul was a major Japanese base and there is still much military debris in the harbour, on the land and under the hills—the occupying Japanese army dug many kilometeres of underground tunnels as shelter from the Allied air forces.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Rabaul (270 words)

	Rabaul, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabaul was the capital of what was then the Australian-administered mandate of New Guinea, but in 1941 the capital was shifted to Lae, on the New Guinea mainland, because of the threat of volcanic destruction.
		Rabaul was almost destroyed by the eruption of two of the adjacent volcanoes, Matupi and Vulcan, in May 1937.
		Rabaul and the rest of the New Guinea mandate were then restored to Australia as a trust territory of the United Nations.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /trobriand_rabaul.htm (257 words)

	Oxford Brookes University - Rabaul Caldera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		West of Rabaul, the Baining Mountains consist of Tertiary flows, volcanic sediments and limestone, all intruded by leucogabbro, adamellite and granite.
		The setting of Rabaul is also a problem for evacuation by road (in the case of swift eruptions), because all roads funnel around the western end, the most vulnerable side of the caldera towards the town.
		Heming R.F (1974) 'Geology and Petrology of Rabaul caldera Papua New Guinea'.
	www.brookes.ac.uk /geology/8361/1997/douglas.html (4730 words)

	RABAUL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabauls Einwohnerschaft sank so zwischen 1990 und 2000 von knapp 15,000 auf unter 4,000 Personen, während die Ortschaften Kokopo und Vunanami zusammenwuchsen und ihre Einwohnerschaft von gut 3000 im Jahr 1990 auf über 20.000 im Jahr 2000 stieg.
		Rabaul wurde um den Simpsonhafen gegründet und auch unter diesem Namen bekannt.
		Rabaul wurde von der deutschen Verwaltung als schöne Stadt mit breiten Alleen und großen Gärten geplant.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/R/Rabaul (386 words)

	Rabaul - Fortress Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The small Australian garrison at Rabaul was overwhelmed by the Japanese on January 23, 1942.
		Rabaul was converted into a veritable fortress, and major supply base for the planned expansion into mainland New Guinea, Papua, the Solomons, and Australia.
		Rabaul is located on the Gazelle Peninsula at the Northern tip of the island of New Britain.
	www.milart.com.au /rabaul/AAFortressIndex.htm (186 words)

	OCEANS ENTERPRISES - HOSTAGES TO FREEDOM - THE FALL OF RABAUL
		Claimed as the definitive work on the invasion of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea in January 1942, and the subsequent events that led to the bombing of the harbour, Hostages to Freedom - The Fall of Rabaul is one of the most comprehensive books on World War 2.
		Rabaul and its magnificent harbour were a shambles.
		Rabaul will rise from the ashes once again, but the town will never be the same.
	www.oceans.com.au /oehtf.html (3168 words)

	AGU Web Site: Taking Petrologic Pathways Toward Understanding Rabaul's Restless Caldera
		The harbor at Rabaul (Figure 1) is a sea-flooded caldera complex that has grown from a series of collapse events, each probably associated with the major eruption of ignimbrites and related tephras that now form a plateau to the south and west of the harbor area.
		Earthquakes at Rabaul occur within a 10 x 5 km area of seismicity that appears to represent the ring-fault boundaries of an active caldera block, perhaps formed as a result of the 1400-year-old eruption.
		Rabaul has had several eruptions during the past 200 years, so perhaps explosive potential is released rather readily, possibly from a fractured caldera that prevents the build up of substantial magma pressures over centuries or longer.
	www.agu.org /sci_soc/rabaul.html (1014 words)

	Papua New Guinea Forum - Rabaul — A Town Steeped In War History
		Rabaul is found on the eastern half of the island of New Britain, and was a major Japanese naval base and stronghold that was bypassed by Allied forces, but remained occupied by the Japanese until the end of the war after it was neutralized from the air by Allied fighters and bombers.
		Rabaul was the Japanese Naval Headquarters in the South Pacific, and was wisely bypassed by Allied invasion forces.
		Rabaul remained in Japanese hands for the duration of the war and was subject to almost daily air raids at the height of the war.
	www.pngbd.com /forum/t5081s.html (1422 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Rabaul and World War II
		Rabaul constantly lived under the constant threat of the malevolent influences of the Pacific Ocean's fiery volcanic rim.
		In February of 1942, Rabaul was invaded and captured by the Japanese.
		Rabaul became a principal target of General George C. Kenney's 5th U.S. Air Force, whose B25 bombers regularly attack the town and its harbour, not the least because it was the occasional headquarters of the architect of the Pearl Harbour attack, Admiral Yamamoto.
	www.janesoceania.com /png_rabaul_ww2 (560 words)

	Scuba Safaris - Papua New Guinea - Rabaul Dive Sites
		Rabaul is location of one of the world's largest concentrations of WWII wrecks.
		Hakkai Maru is perhaps the best wreck dive at Rabaul, not merely because of her size, but also because of the wealth of coral and invertebrate growth on her superstructure and hull.
		Many of the relics that can be found in Rabaul War Museum originate from this wreck, and while she has little left of interest by way of small artefacts, she is an imposing wreck and rich in marine life.
	www.scuba-safaris.com /pages/destination/papua/divesites/papua_new_guinea_dive_sites_rabaul.html (909 words)

	Free-for-All Over Rabaul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabaul in turn was frequently the target of air raids by the U.S. Army's Fifth and Thirteenth air forces, the U.S. Marines, and the Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand air forces.
		The Japanese reacted by sending a force of cruisers and destroyers to annihilate the beachhead, but it was intercepted by an American cruiser-destroyer force on the early morning of November 2 and repulsed with the loss of the light cruiser Sendai and the destroyer Hatsukaze.
		Rabaul's air defenses, under the overall command of Rear Adm. Jinichi Kusaka, included three carrier groups that had been dispatched there just the day before, while their ships underwent refit in Japan.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blrabaul (1146 words)

	1994 Rabaul volcanic eruption: impacts on Tolai displaced communities - Waigani Seminar - Papua New Guinea 2000
		Rabaul, before the 1994 eruptions, was a special place, not just because of its picturesque setting and colourful history - it was the living monument of a people's pride - the identity of the Tolai.
		The Rabaul volcanic eruptions might not have been a real agent of change in the life patterns of the displaced population, but it would have certainly been a catalyst also for changes -for better or for worse -in their socio-ultural life (Blong 1984: 180).
		Rabaul has been rebuilt twice after the 1937 twin eruption and after the Second World War), reveal that there are several reasons why the option may not be desired by the communities or be successful in the long run.
	www.pngbuai.com /600technology/information/waigani/rabaul-volcano/WS97-sec15-WANINARA.html (11387 words)

	Rabaul Volcano, Papua New Guinea
		This is a radar image of the Rabaul volcano on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea taken almost a month after its September 19, 1994, eruption that killed five people and covered the town of Rabaul and nearby villages with up to 75 centimeters (30 inches) of ash.
		A faint blue patch in the water in the center of the image is a large raft of floating pumice fragments that were ejected from Vulcan during the eruption and clog the inner bay.
		Visible on the east side of the bay are the grid-like patterns of the streets of Rabaul and an airstrip, which appears as a dark northwest-trending band at the right-center of the image.
	www.solarviews.com /cap/volc/rabaul.htm (565 words)

	Tavurvur, Rabaul Caldera, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea
		The focus of the 1937 eruption was at Vulcan, another vent at Rabaul.
		In March, a lava mound was observed inside the crater of Tavurvur.
		Heming, R.F., 1974, Geology and petrology of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_rabaul.html (685 words)

	RABAUL CALDERA, Papua New Guinea
		Large portions of the town of Rabaul were destroyed by ash from the eruption.
		Rabaul, the town, is inside Rabaul, an 8 x 14 km (~5 x 9 mile) wide caldera that is mostly filled by Blanche Bay, an arm of the ocean.
		They had educated the people of Rabaul to the dangers of volcanic eruptions and even practiced eruption drills - sort of like fire drills in a school.
	volcanoworld.org /vwdocs/current_volcs/rabaul/rabaul.html (484 words)

	Rabaul
		As you were born at Rabaul, I will not go into details about the volcanoes, but ankle deep in volcanic ash was mentioned, as the last erruption had been in 1937, your mother must have seen this one and described it to you.
		The 82 men left at Rabaul suffered a diptheria attack and by February 1943 were down to 57, by November 1943 there were 21 left alive, they died from illness and mis-treatment by the guards.
		The night after arriving at Rabaul they were ordered out of the tents to face a machine gun aimed at them, two Japanese officers were arguing and while this was going on Higaki walked over and stood with the prisoners.
	www.fepow-community.org.uk /monthly_Revue/html/rabaul.htm (1594 words)

	MacArthur and the Admiralties
		Once Rabaul was isolated by land, sea, and air action, both forces were to converge and capture the base.
		All operations against Rabaul by South and Southwest Pacific forces after the Guadalcanal campaign were under MacArthur's strategic direction, with Halsey in direct command of the Allied land, sea, and air forces in the South Pacific Area.
		Rabaul would have to be captured rather than neutralized, he insisted, because its strategic location and excellent harbor made it ideal to support a westward advance along New Guinea's north coast.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_11.htm (5821 words)

	GVN - Rabaul Caldera
		Other press reports on 19 September stated that Rabaul town was covered with 20-25 cm of ash, and that thunderstorms mixed rain with the ash, forming a heavy mud that damaged buildings and vegetation.
		Press reports indicated that although Rabaul town was totally evacuated, there were small villages in the surrounding hills where people were trapped and taking shelter in schools and churches.
		Looting in Rabaul town was reported during both the evacuation and on 21 September, when military forces were brought in to help local police.
	www.geo.mtu.edu /volcanoes/rabaul/gvn/gvn.aug94.html (2182 words)

	Rabaul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was after their attack on Pearl Harbour that the Japanese army realising the strategic value of the area quickly occupied Rabaul, making it a major naval and army base where "Admiral "Yamamoto conducted his theatre of war in the South Pacific and installed himself in a bunker deep in the heart of Rabaul town.
		The main city and port is Rabaul (population in 1990 was 17,022)which was New Guinea's capital till 1941.
		This was the area where the Japanese submarines came to load their torpedos and once over the rocks and into the water for this wall reef dive we could see a 30 metre long menacing grey cylinder like a huge outfall pipe suspended down the wall.
	www.diveunderwater.com /newsletters/rabaul.htm (2729 words)

	Imperial Submarines
		Departs Rabaul on her first war patrol to patrol S of New Guinea.
		The RO-102 departs Rabaul on her second war patrol for an area SE of Guadalcanal in support of I-GO.
		Departs Rabaul on her third war patrol for an area off SE Rabi, New Guinea.
	www.combinedfleet.com /RO-102.htm (362 words)

	Rabaul
		Rabaul, in New Britain, was the capital of German New Guinea.
		The town stood on the large natural harbour of Blanche Bay, which it was thought could be utilised by Germany's Pacific fleet.
		Rabaul was occupied by troops from the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force on 12 September 1914, and remained under Australian administration until the end of the war.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/place_1766.asp (61 words)

	Air Niugini - Discovering Rabaul
		There is an excellent war museum at Kokopo, a huge white memorial to Japanese soldiers, and of course your historical tour is not complete without a peaceful and thoughtful visit to the Bitapaka War Cemetery, to honour the many hundreds who gave their lives in the course of duty.
		Rabaul is a mere hour and a half flight from Port Moresby in the province of East New Britain.
		As you sip a drink and meet the locals in his bar, you can listen to knowledgeable discourse on this interesting town and province, and be entertained for hours by the stories that abound.
	www.airniugini.com.pg /paradise/rab2.htm (869 words)

	NOVA Online \| Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius \| Planning for Disaster
		In September 1994, Rabaul volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain erupted.
		According to Ben Talai, assistant director of the Rabaul Volcano Observatory, these included the ground shaking vertically rather than horizontally (as it had done periodically since 1983); megapod birds suddenly abandoning their nests at the base of the volcano; dogs barking continuously and scratching and sniffing the earth; and sea snakes crawling ashore.
		Below are the dramatic particulars of the Rabaul evacuation, as related in "Reducing Volcanic Risk," a 1997 video produced by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/vesuvius/planning.html (795 words)

	Rabaul
		Rabaul's Simpson Harbor is a massive flooded caldera of an ancient volcano.
		Devastated by a volcanic eruption in 1994 that covered most of the town in ash, Rabaul has grown around the new airport, across the harbor at Kokopo and slowly life and commerce along the harbor and town returns to normal.
		Japanese flying boats raided Rabaul in December 1941 and January 1942.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_rabaul.html (611 words)

	Rabaul Diary
		An Anti-Aircraft Gunner, the Author was part of the ill-fated Rabaul defence and in January 1942 the small force was over-run by 20,000 Japanese.
		Rabaul Diary is the day-by-day account of what it is like to be on the run, with no definite means of escape, and the Japanese Army hunting you down.
		He was involved in the beach-front defences when the Japanese arrived at night, escaped from Rabaul, was rescued many weeks later and returned to Australia.
	www.warbooks.com.au /IndividualBooks/rabauldiary.html (248 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol II--Isolation of Rabaul
		To picture Rabaul as it appeared to the men who battled to reach it, to bomb and strafe it, and to get away alive, requires a description of more than the northern tip of Gazelle Peninsula where the town, its harbor, and its airfields were located.
		Kavieng and Rabaul had been seized at the same time and grew apace with each other until they both, in turn, were relegated to the backwash of the war by the withdrawal of their aerial defenders.
		Rabaul served as a funnel through which troops, supplies, and equipment poured, at first in a trickle, then in a growing stream until the defeats at Guadalcanal and Buna-Gona checked the two-pronged advance.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/II/USMC-II-V-1.html (6098 words)

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