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History of Papua New Guinea

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People lived here a long time ago.

Female gable image, Sawos people, Papua New Guinea, Bishop Museum, 1989.400.358.JPG
Female gable image, Sawos people, Papua New Guinea, Bishop Museum, 1989.400.358.JPG
They grew food in the hills. They traded things with friends. Later, new people came to the islands. Many years passed. Now, it is a free country. Do you like to learn about history?

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File:Oceania UN Geoscheme - Map of Melanesia.svg
Oceania UN Geoscheme - Map of Melanesia.svg
File:Female gable image, Sawos people, Papua New Guinea, Bishop Museum, 1989.400.358.JPG
Female gable image, Sawos people, Papua...
File:Thevenot - Hollandia Nova detecta 1644.png
Thevenot - Hollandia Nova detecta 1644.png
File:British flag raised on new guinea annexed by queensland.jpg
British flag raised on new guinea annexed...
File:New Guinea (1884-1919).png
New Guinea (1884-1919).png
File:Picturesque New Guinea Plate XXXIII - Kerepunu Women at the Market Place of Kalo.jpg
Picturesque New Guinea Plate XXXIII -...
File:Reading the proclamation of annexation, Mr Lawe's house, Port Moresby, New Guinea, November 1884 - photographer John Paine or Augustine E. Dyer (5708761723).jpg
Reading the proclamation of annexation,...
File:Flag of German New Guinea.svg
Flag of German New Guinea.svg
File:Hissen der kaiserlichen Flagge auf Mioko.jpg
Hissen der kaiserlichen Flagge auf Mioko.jpg
File:PSM V52 D045 Papuan lake dwellings with a lakatoi under sail.jpg
PSM V52 D045 Papuan lake dwellings with a...
File:Picturesque New Guinea Plate XII - Sadara Makara, Koiari Village near Bootless Inlet.jpg
Picturesque New Guinea Plate XII - Sadara...
File:British and German New Guinea Great Britain War Office, 1906-08.jpg
British and German New Guinea Great...

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