History of Papua New Guinea
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The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. Agriculture was established at least 7000 years ago in t
Female gable image, Sawos people, Oceanic art in the Bishop Museum
British flag raised after Queensland declared it was annexing part of the island in 1883
Kerepunu women at the marketplace of Kalo, British New Guinea, 1885
British annexation of southeast New Guinea in 1884
New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
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The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was initially raised as a unit of the Militia from white Australian and European expatriates in New Guinea upon the
The Salamaua platoon of the NGVR on parade in April 1940.
NGVR officers, 1940
View of the Japanese landing beach in Rabaul
Australians retreating from Rabaul cross the Warangoi / Adler River in the Bainings Mountains, on the eastern side of the Gazelle Peninsula.