[An-lang] Vale Andrew Pawley

[Wolfgang Sperlich]

Sad to hear. Andy was my teacher at the University of Auckland and turned me on to lexicography via his Wayan dictionary project. I was privileged to be his co-editor for Ann Chowing’s English-Lakalai dictionary. On a personal basis we always enjoyed his gregarious company. RIP

Wolfgang Sperlich


On 23/03/2026, at 12:18 PM, Malcolm Ross <malcolm.ross at anu.edu.au<mailto:malcolm.ross at anu.edu.au>> wrote:

Many of you will already have heard that our friend and colleague Andy Pawley passed away peacefully in Canberra yesterday morning.

His absence will leave a large gap in many lives. He was a good friend, outstandingly generous with both his intellectual and his materlal goods, and, of course, a brilliant and gifted student of the languages and peoples of the Pacific and Papua New Guinea.

Sadly Andy had battled with Parkinson’s disease for a number of years. He will be hugely missed. He was 84.

—Malcolm Ross


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