Table of Contents “...Chronology of major events in the peace process -- Key players -- Maps: North-east Australia and neighbouring states in the South Pacific region -- Vicinity of Bougainville Island -- Origins of the crisis -- Australia, PNG and Bougainville - the years after 1975 -- The conflict - the early period -- Backwards and forwards - the early mid-nineties -- Sandline and the after - beginnings of the peace -- The truce -- Paece achieved - the deployment of the Peace Monitoring Group -- The substance of peace-the toils of negotiation -- Australia's role - 1996 to 2000 -- The breakthrough in negotiations -- Where we are now?...”