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The 37 pages that link to Papua New Guinea, each with the reason it gives.

• New GuineaBroader topic: It is the island’s eastern political division, distinct from Indonesian territory to the west.

• German New GuineaNarrower topic: Parts of the former German territory became part of modern Papua New Guinea.

• AustraliaCompared with: Its land border with Indonesia and proximity to Australia highlight a different regional geography.

• DenisovanRelated: Some populations there have among the highest known levels of Denisovan ancestry.

• MelanesiaBroader topic: Its many peoples and languages illustrate Melanesia’s internal diversity.

• Papuan languagesRelated: Its extraordinary linguistic diversity includes many Papuan families.

• Commonwealth realmBroader topic: It shows that the shared Crown also exists in a country with a distinct postcolonial constitutional history.

• GuineaCompared with: Its name includes Guinea, but it is in Oceania, not Africa.

• Bismarck ArchipelagoNarrower topic: The archipelago’s islands belong to this country’s island region.

• Papua New Guinea independenceBroader topic: This is the state established through independence in 1975.

• Solomon IslandsRelated: It shares the archipelago’s western boundary and is the Solomon Islands’ closest large neighbor.

• Tok PisinRelated: Tok Pisin is one of the country’s official languages and a major language of public life.

• New Guinea campaignRelated: The campaign's battlefields and wartime disruption became part of the country's modern history.

• Northern AustraliaCompared with: Its tropical geography and cultures extend northward from Australia's Torres Strait.

• Port MoresbyNarrower topic: Port Moresby is its capital and largest urban center.

• Territory of Papua and New GuineaBroader topic: It succeeded the territory as an independent state.

• Errol FlynnRelated: Flynn worked in New Guinea as a plantation overseer and journalist before acting.

• Papua conflictCompared with: Its independence highlights the separate colonial paths of the island’s two halves.

• Western New GuineaCompared with: Its sovereignty contrasts with Indonesia’s rule over the island’s western half.

• Admiralty IslandsNarrower topic: The Admiralty Islands are part of this country.

• Benny WendaRelated: Wenda fled to Papua New Guinea before settling in the United Kingdom.

• Bismarck SeaRelated: Its northern coast borders the Bismarck Sea.

• Territory of New GuineaNarrower topic: The former territory became part of the country that achieved independence in 1975.

• Torres Strait IslandsRelated: Its southern coast lies just north of the Torres Strait Islands.

• Trans–New Guinea languagesRelated: Most languages commonly assigned to the family are spoken within this country.

• Bougainville IslandNarrower topic: Bougainville Island remains part of Papua New Guinea under the peace settlement.

• Highland PapuaCompared with: Highland Papua lies west of the international boundary, within Indonesia rather than this country.

• Hiri MotuNarrower topic: Hiri Motu is one of the country’s major lingua francas.

• Indigenous peoples of New GuineaRelated: Most of the island’s Indigenous peoples live within this country’s borders.

• Marilyn StrathernNarrower topic: Her central ethnographic research took place in Papua New Guinea.

• Solomon SeaRelated: The sea borders its islands and coastal communities.

• Central PapuaCompared with: Its border separates Indonesia’s Papua provinces from the neighboring country.

• Daniel Carleton GajdusekNarrower topic: The kuru investigations took place in its Eastern Highlands.

• South PapuaCompared with: South Papua lies on the Indonesian side of an island divided by an international border.

• BirdwingRelated: Its forests support Queen Alexandra’s birdwing and many other birdwing species.

• Nicholas Miklouho-MaclayRelated: His name remains prominent in Papua New Guinea through institutions and commemorations.

• Papuan PeninsulaNarrower topic: The peninsula lies within this country.