A number of papers each of which explains aspects of the life and background of new secondary school teachers in Papua New Guinea, have been produced as a result of the 1982 New Teachers Survey. This paper will summarise the major points which have been revealed so far. There appears to have been no previous research on new provincial high school teachers in P.N.G., though internationally there is a massive amount of data on new teachers. However it is interesting to note that almost all this research comes from developed countries: a computer search yielded no comparable data from any other developing country. Other research on secondary teachers in P.N.G. which at times complements this research includes work by Flaherty (1981), Guthrie (1983), Kuhlman (1981), Wilson (1981) and Wohlberg (1979). Research by Richardson and Van der Veur (1968) and Smith, Carss and Power (1979) on primary school teachers is also relevant. [This paper was published in: "Proceedings of Future Perspectives on Teacher Training, National Curricula and Secondary Schooling" (Goroka, Papa New Guinea, September 19-20, 1985). Goroka Teachers' College: Goroka, Papua New Guinea. January 1987, p49-59.]