MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Papua New Guinea
ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES
Papua New Guinea, on the map of history
What was Papua New Guinea before it was Papua New Guinea? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
New Guinea (German/Australian) · The Great War, 1914–1918
| NOV 1914 | Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
| NOV 1914 | Entente-aligned & imperial territories |
Papua New Guinea · The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
| JUL 1937 | Western Allies — the opening position |
Papua New Guinea · The Cold War, 1945–1991
| AUG 1945 | NATO & core Western allies — the opening position |
| NOV 1975 | Non-aligned & neutral |
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