Peter Barter

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Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter, (26 March 1940 – 21 June 2022) was an Australian-born Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. He owned and operated the Madang Resort. He was Governor of the Madang Province between 1997 until 2002. He was also an important person in Bougainville.[1] He created the Melanesian Foundation in 1980. Barter was born in Sydney, Australia. He was knighted in 2001.[2]

Barter died on 21 June 2022 at a hospital in Cairns, Australia from a short-illness, aged 82.[3]

References

  1. Sir Peter Barter joins Panguna planning process Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. London Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  3. "Sir Peter Barter passes on". Retrieved 22 June 2022.