Peter Barter

Peter Barter

Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter, OBE (born March 26, 1940) was Minister for Health and Bougainville Affairs in the Papua New Guinean Government and is active in the reconciliation movement in Bougainville. 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) [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp10] before training as a commercial fixed wing and helicopter pilot and flying for Qantas.

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