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Police Sergeant Major Merire from Gomema village in Markham Valley near Lae was a member of the Royal Papuan and New Guinea Constabulary who joined the police force in 1936. On the occasion of the Japanese landings at Madang in 1942, he was able to move all the residents with their supplies into the forest to avoid capture. His subsequent observations as far along the coast as Finschhafen served to guide U.S. bombing raids on Japanese positions. He was captured on several occasions, but always managed to escape with new information. When Australian troops initiated a recapture of the island, his service as a guide was invaluable. For his efforts he was awarded the British Empire Medal, and in 1952 was featured on a stamp of Papua New Guinea.
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The inhabitants of Bougainville Island, who regard themselves as racially and culturally distinct from mainland New Guineans, were embittered by the environmental destruction caused by the giant Australian-owned Panguna copper mine and by the way revenue from the mine filled a third of the national coffers but did not find its way back to their island. They formed the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) and forced the mine to close in 1989. This act, coupled with rebel demands for secession, sparked a major military confrontation with PNG forces and a resulting slew of human rights abuses.
Source: Lonely Planet
She nu yu chao (Bruce Li in New Guinea) (1978): directed by Y. G. Yang and starring Bruce Li. The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard.
Source: IMDb
700: number of native languages in Papua New Guinea, making it linguistically the world's most diverse country.
1: percentage of Papua New Guinea's land that is suitable for growing cash crops, which include coffee and cocoa.
57 & 59 years: life expectancy of men and women, respectively, in Papua New Guinea.
Hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous): is a jay-sized endemic New Guinean songbird with black and orange coloration. The Hooded Pitohui, and two close relatives (the Variable Pitohui and the Brown Pitohui), are the first documented poisonous birds.
Source: thefreedictionary.com
Papua New Guinea National Anthem
O arise all you sons of this land,
Let us sing of our joy to be free,
Praising God and rejoicing to be
Papua New Guinea.
Chorus:
Shout our name from the mountains to seas
Papua New Guinea;
Let us raise our voices and proclaim
Papua New Guinea.
Now give thanks to the good Lord above
For His kindness, His wisdom and love
For this land of our fathers so free,
Papua New Guinea.
Chorus:
Shout again for the whole world to hear
Papua New Guinea;
We're independent and we're free,
Papua New Guinea.
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Kokoda Fish
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RABA RABA (a place in Papua New Guinea) is an example of a repeater (a word formed only of repetitive identically spelled syllables or syllable groups).
Place names consisting of alternating vowels and consonants include GULEMALAMALALANA (a point in Papua New Guinea), and REBUREBUSIWASIWA (a Papuan town).
POAEUI Passage in Papua New Guinea is a six-letter word containing all 5 vowels.
There are 4 K's and 4 U’s in KUKUKUKU (tribespeople of New Guinea).
Source: A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia
Whiteman and Mungas Barter System by Matubuna Tahun
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July 21, 1942: one of the bloodiest campaigns of World War II began on that day when Japanese troops landed on the northern coast of then New Guinea and unexpectedly began to march over the Owen Stanley Ranges on the Kokoda Trail with the intent of capturing Port Moresby.
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