Peter Barter

Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter GCL OBE (26 March 1940 – 21 June 2022) was an Australian-born, naturalised Papua New Guinean businessman and politician based in the Madang Province, where he owned and operated the Madang Resort.

Sir
Peter Barter
GCL OBE
Barter in 2007
Governor of Madang
In office
1997–2002
Personal details
Born
Peter Leslie Charles Barter

(1940-03-26)26 March 1940
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died21 June 2022(2022-06-21) (aged 82)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
SpouseLady Barter (Janet)
EducationNewington College

He was Governor of Madang from 1997 to 2002 where he served as Minister for Health and Bougainville Affairs in the Papua New Guinean Government and was active in the reconciliation movement in Bougainville.[1] He established the Melanesian Foundation in 1980, a not-for-profit organisation that invests in remote communities that have been hospitable to tourists.

He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1952–1955)[2] before training as a commercial fixed-wing and helicopter pilot and flying for Qantas.[3][4]

He was knighted in the 2001 New Year Honours, on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government.[5]

Barter died in Cairns, Queensland, Australia at the age of 82 following a short illness.[6]

References
  1. Sir Peter Barter joins Panguna planning process Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. Register of Past Students 1863-1998. Sydney: Newington College. 1999. p. 10.
  3. Bloomberg Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. "Sir Peter Barter (ON '57) Kt OBE" (PDF). Newington Medalist 2009. Newington College. n.d. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. London Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  6. "Sir Peter Barter passes on". Post Courier. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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