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In 1972, the name of the territory was changed to Papua New Guinea. Australia's change of policy towards Papua New Guinea largely commenced with the invitation from the Australian Government to the World Bank to send a mission to the Territory to advise on measures to be taken towards its economic development and political preparation.
In 1986, he was the first Papua New Guinean to be appointed Professor, and became head of the History department at the University of Papua New Guinea. He published a number of articles on the history, culture and politics of his country. His book A Short History of Papua New Guinea was first published in 1993. [2]
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On 13 December 1971 the name of the territory was changed to Papua New Guinea. [2] Under Australian Minister for External Territories Andrew Peacock , the territory adopted self-government in 1972. 1972 elections saw the formation of a ministry headed by Chief Minister Michael Somare , who pledged to lead PNG to self-government and then to ...
On 28 May 1975, the Interim Provincial Government in Bougainville agreed to secede from Papua New Guinea. This caused a three-way impasse between the Government of PNG, the legislature in PNG, and the authorities in Bougainville. The PNG government attempted to resolve the situation through June and July, but failed.
The National Library of Papua New Guinea is the national library of Papua New Guinea.It was founded in 1978 and is located in Port Moresby. [1]It opened three years after the country's independence from Australia, the Library was established by Australia as a "gift to the government and people of Papua New Guinea" in order to "assist in establishing a collection of items of national significance".
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In 1972, the name of the territory was changed to Papua New Guinea [2] December 1973: William Kearney CBE: Acting [3] High Commissioners of Papua New Guinea (1973–1975) December 1973: William Kearney CBE: Acting [4] 1 December 1973 to March 1974: Leslie Wilson Johnson CBE: March 1974 to 16 September 1975: Thomas Kingston Critchley AO, CBE