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.

[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.