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Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from New Guinea island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.
The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1975. In 1883, the Government of Queensland annexed this territory for the British Empire. The United Kingdom Government refused to ratify the annexation but in 1884 a Protectorate was proclaimed over the territory, then called "British New Guinea". There is a certain ambiguity about the exact date on which the entire territory was annexed by the British. The Papua Act 1905 recites that this happened "on or about" 4 September 1888. On 18 March 1902, the Territory was placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia. Resolutions of acceptance were passed by the Commonwealth Parliament, who accepted the territory under the name of Papua.
Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Territory of New Guinea was an Australian administered territory on the island of New Guinea from 1920 until 1975. In 1949, the Territory and the Territory of Papua were established in an administrative union by the name of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. That administrative union was renamed as Papua New Guinea in 1971. Notwithstanding that it was part of an administrative union, the Territory of New Guinea at all times retained a distinct legal status and identity until the advent of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
The Territory of Papua and New Guinea was established by an administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea in 1949. In 1972, the name of the Territory changed to "Papua New Guinea" and in 1975 it became the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
Hemenahei Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located to toward the eastern end of the Calvados Chain, in the Louisiade Archipelago, in the Milne Bay Province, between Pana Tinani in the East and Pana Wina in the West.
Auriroa Island is an island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
Bagaman Island is an island of Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. Misima language is the native language on the island.
Bonvouloir Islands are a group of uninhabited islands of Papua New Guinea. They are in the Louisiade Archipelago.
The islands are located 100 kilometres northwest of Misima and form the northernmost group of Louisiade archipelago .
The main islands are East, Panamole and Hastings
Daloloia Group are islands of Papua New Guinea. They are in the Louisiade Archipelago. They Include Bonura Island and Sarupai Island.
The islands have a total area of 0.13 km2
Hastings Island is an island of the Louisiade Archipelago, in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
East Island is an island in Milne Bay Province of southeastern Papua New Guinea.
Kuwanak Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago.
Its only settlement is called Abagagaheia, and it is located on the northwestern point. you can walk at low tide from this village to nearby island of Taifaur.
Motorina Island is an island of Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain.
It is the highest island in the group.
The population consists of farmers, raising bananas across the island. the main port is at Riman Bay.
other slightly large villages include : Tawara, Mabaraboraboa.
Panapompom Island is an island of Papua New Guinea. It is in the Deboyne Islands atoll of the Louisiade Archipelago.
Panaeati Island is an island of Papua New Guinea. It is in the Deboyne Islands atoll in the Louisiade Archipelago.
The Strathord Islands are an uninhabited island group of five islands in the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea.
Utian Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located at the western end of the Calvados Chain, in the Louisiade Archipelago, in the Milne Bay Province.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
