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The Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975 was an Act passed by the Parliament of Australia. It replaced the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949, and changed the status of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea to that of an independent Papua New Guinea. The Act set 16 September 1975 as the date of Papua New Guinea's independence and terminated all ...
Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development (1997) Gash, Noel. A pictorial history of New Guinea (1975) Golson, Jack. 50,000 years of New Guinea history (1966) Griffin, James. Papua New Guinea: A political history (1979) Knauft, Bruce M. South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic (1993) excerpt and text search; McCosker ...
Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia on 16 September 1975. Canada: 1 July 1867: 11 December 1931: 17 April 1982: Canada Act 1982: Quebec voted against independence from Canada in two referendums in 1980 and 1995. Ireland: 6 December 1922 [c] 12 November 1931: 18 April 1949: Republic of Ireland Act and Ireland Act 1949
The referendum question was a choice between greater autonomy within Papua New Guinea and full independence for Bougainville, and voters voted overwhelmingly (98.31%) for independence. [46] Negotiations between the Bougainville government and national Papua New Guinea on a path to Bougainville independence began after the referendum, and are ...
Papua New Guinea gained independence on 16 September 1975, midway through the five-year term. At independence, the body was renamed to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea and members continued in office to serve out the remainder of their terms.
Papua New Guinea remained an external territory of Australia up until 1975, where under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, parliament passed the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975, withdrawing Australian power over the territory. [5] Papua New Guinea became an independent Commonwealth nation on the 16th of September, 1975. [6]
Bougainville voted for independence under a 2001 peace process in a referendum five years ago but PNG's parliament is yet to endorse it. A New Zealand mediator was recently appointed on the matter.
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 18 June and 9 July 1977, [1] the first since independence from Australia in 1975. The Pangu Party led by Prime Minister Michael Somare emerged as the largest in the National Parliament.