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New Guinea campaign New Guinea campaign
New Guinea campaign. This was fought during the Pacific war on this rugged, jungle-clad, malaria-ridden island, firstly in the Australian territory of Papua, then in the Australian mandated territory of New Guinea, and lastly in Dutch New Guinea (see Map 72). Of great aid to the Allies in one of the... Read more
Fly (river) Fly (river)
Fly largest river of the island of New Guinea, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising in the Star Mts. and flowing generally SE through Papua New Guinea to the Gulf of Papua. The Fly is navigable for steamers c.500 mi (800 km) upstream.... Read more
Trobriand Islands Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islands , small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22 islands. Yams, pearl shell, and trepang are the major products. The islands were made famous in the writings of anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski .... Read more
Port Moresby Port Moresby
Port Moresby , town (1990 pop. 193,242), capital of Papua New Guinea, on New Guinea island and on the Gulf of Papua. Rubber, gold, and copra are exported. Port Moresby was founded by Capt. John Moresby, who landed there in 1873. The British occupied it in 1883. During World War II the chief Allied... Read more
Lae Lae
Lae , town (1990 pop. 88,172), Papua New Guinea, on NE New Guinea island, at the head of the Huon Gulf. Lae is an important administrative and commercial center of Papua New Guinea. Founded in 1927 to serve air transport into the Morobe gold fields in the mountainous interior, Lae has retained its... Read more
Jayapura Jayapura
Jayapura or Djajapura , formerly Sukarnapura , town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly Humboldt Bay; an inlet of the Pacific) near the border with Papua New Guinea. Occupied by the Japanese in World... Read more
Admiralty Islands Admiralty Islands
Admiralty Islands group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and administrative center of the group, is on Manus, the largest island. Copra, pearls, and marine shells are the principal... Read more
DEntrecasteaux Islands DEntrecasteaux Islands
D'Entrecasteaux Islands , volcanic group, SW Pacific, SE of New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Comprising the Fergusson, Goodenough, and Normanby islands, the group, with a total land area of c.1,200 sq mi (3,110 sq km), is mountainous and has several extinct volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers.... Read more
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially Independent State of Papua New Guinea, independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 5,545,000), 183,540 sq mi (475,369 sq km), SW Pacific. It encompasses the eastern half of the island of New Guinea , as well as the Bismarck Archipelago , the Trobriand Islands , ... Read more
Sio Sio
Sio ETHNONYMS: Sigaba, Sigawa Orientation Identification. "Sio" is the name of a Papua New Guinea people, of their group of four villages, and of their language (also spoken in Nambariwa, a small coastal village to the east). The word means "they put, take up position," and was adopted... Read more

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Modern materialism catches up with Papua New Guinea
Magazine article from: USA TODAY ...modernization has meant to Papua New Guinea are being unearthed by...Village has swallowed up the last of its hinterland...overnight, and took in Papua New Guinea. That incorporation...PNG's land area. The ...

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