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Papua New Guinea becomes indpendent. Photo: News Ltd Archives.

Today in 1973 Australia and Papua New Guinea is granted independence from Australia.

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- stephen says:
  
  05:11am | 01/12/09
  
  Yeah, I remember that. Hush Puppies, green flares and a decent bloody Courier Mail.
  
  PS PNG’s supposed to be Paradise.
  
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- papachango says:
  
  08:27am | 01/12/09
  
  Accoring to both your link and the ever-reliable Wikipedia, PNG was granted full independence on 16 September 1975, not 1 December 1973.
  
  I know it’s not very PC, but I can’t help wondering if PNG would have been better off remaining an Australian colony instead of becoming an independent basketcase.
  
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- James says:
  
  08:36am | 01/12/09
  
  PNG was not a colony before its independence. It was a trust territory under the United Nations.
  
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- James says:
  
  11:03am | 01/12/09
  
  It was breifly a Queensland colony - but the UK Foreign office made us give it back so we didnt antagonise the Germans.
  
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