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History of Papua New Guinea. 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. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 17th century.
Papua New Guinea, [note 1] officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, [13] [note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises 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 ).
2 days ago · Geographical and historical treatment of Papua New Guinea, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world’s second largest island; the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka; and small offshore islands and atolls. The capital is Port Moresby.
The island has been known by various names: The name Papua was used to refer to parts of the island before contact with the West. [3] Its etymology is unclear; [3] one theory states that it derived from Tidore, the language used by the Sultanate of Tidore. [1]
6 days ago · New Guinea, island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Bismarck and Solomon seas to the east, the Coral Sea and Torres Strait to the south, and the Arafura Sea to the southwest. New Guinea is administratively divided into two parts: its western ...
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Feb 14, 2018 · Papua New Guinea profile - Timeline. 14 February 2018. A chronology of key events. 50.000 BC - First settlers are thought to arrive on New Guinea from Asia. 5000 BC - Intensive agriculture ...
Apr 6, 2023 · One possibility is that it comes from the Malay word “papuwah”, which means “fuzzy hair”, but the earliest we find that word in a dictionary is in 1812, long after Portuguese and Spanish sailors were already using it as a name for the people living on the Rajah Ampat Islands off the north-western coast of West Papua.
