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Papua New Guinea Introduction




Papua New Guinea is an independent country located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It was formerly the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

It became self-governing in 1973 and independent in 1975. It occupies the eastern half of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world. The western half of the island is Irian Jaya, a province of Indonesia.

Papua New Guinea also includes the Bismarck Archipelago, the northern part of the Solomon Islands, the Trobriand and D'Entrecasteaux islands, and the Louisiade Archipelago.

Papua New Guinea lies about 160 kilometres across Torres Strait from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

A Short Background

The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885.

The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975.

A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997, after claiming some 20,000 lives.



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