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Is Papua one of Australia's states?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

No.

Papua is on the western half of the island of New Guinea, and belongs to Indonesia.

Papua New Guinea was once a territory of Australia, but never one of its states. It is now a country in its own right, having achieved full independence on 16 September 1975.

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14y ago

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