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The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [49] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East Indies) beginning on 29 March.
Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998) Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict. Papua New Guinea. Buka Liberation Front; Bougainville Resistance Force; Supported by: Australia. Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by: Solomon Islands Fiji (allegedly) Bougainville Peace Agreement
The Bougainville conflict, also known as the Bougainville Civil War, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), and between the BRA and other armed groups on Bougainville.
OPM claimed the attack, and stated that they demand prisoner exchange with their two comrades who were arrested. The Indonesian government appealed for help to the Papua New Guinean government. The two hostages was released on 18 September 2015, after the militants were arrested by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. [58] [59] [60]
The Sandline affair was a political scandal that became one of the defining moments in the history of Papua New Guinea, and particularly the conflict in Bougainville.It brought down the government of Sir Julius Chan, and brought Papua New Guinea to the verge of a military revolt.
The pre-war plantation economy of the Australian territories of Papua and New Guinea was based on a system of indentured labour. On 15 June 1942, Morris issued the Employment of Natives Order under the National Security (Emergency Control) Regulations. This provided for the conscription of Papuan labour to support the Australian war effort. [163]
Milne Bay is a sheltered 97-square-mile (250 km 2) bay at the eastern tip of the Territory of Papua (now part of Papua New Guinea).It is 22 miles (35 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide, and is deep enough for large ships to enter.