A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949 and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.
    

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Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.

Papua New Guinea (?): a woman with a massive scarification over her clavicles. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).

Causes of transmission of AIDS in Papua New Guinea: five scenes. Colour lithograph, 199-.

Five images involving a couple at Papua New Guinea High School who arrange to meet at a party representing an AIDS prevention advertisement about safe sex and condoms by the Papua New Guinea Department of Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A boy with deep scars on his forehead as a result of surgery, in an attempt to cure epilepsy and headaches, Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). Halftone.

Nutrition and the Papuan child : a study in human welfare / by H. A. P. C. Oomen and S. H. Malcolm.

A history of medicine in Papua New Guinea : vignettes of an earlier period / edited by Sir Burton G. Burton-Bradley.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 9B.

Congenital nystagmus among the red-skins of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Symbols and sentiments : cross-cultural studies in symbolism [extract relating to Papua New Guinea] / edited by Ioan Lewis.

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Nutrition and the Papuan child : a study in human welfare / by H. A. P. C. Oomen and S. H. Malcolm.

A history of medicine in Papua New Guinea : vignettes of an earlier period / edited by Sir Burton G. Burton-Bradley.

Postage stamps ephemera. Box 9B.

Congenital nystagmus among the red-skins of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Symbols and sentiments : cross-cultural studies in symbolism [extract relating to Papua New Guinea] / edited by Ioan Lewis.