Australia's closest neighbor is Papua New Guinea (PNG). Both are Commonwealth realm. Their connection is on their partnership of economic development.
The country you are probably talking about is New Zealand.
They are two different countries. Australia largly takes after England and American and is mainly populated by 'whites' (for the lack of a better word) where as Papua New Guinea follows nations like Singapore and Malaysia and is mostly populated by 'asians' (again for the lack of a better word). Australia is more modern and technologically advanced than most parts of Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea once belonged to Australia but declared independence in 1975. For more information mearly search both Australia and Papua New Guinea on wikipedia and compare for yourself.
Australia is the main home of kangaroos, while the island of New Guinea (which comprises the countries of both Papua New Guinea and Indonesia) is also the home of Tree-kangaroos.
New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are both in the Southern Hemisphere. Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, which lies about 150km at its closest point directly to the north of Australia. New Zealand is an island nation about 2000km southeast of Australia. Each is a separate nation, and not part of Australia, as is incorrectly reported in some websites. Together, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia, along with some other islands of the South Pacific, form the political region of Oceania.
Both Fiji and Papua New Guinea are islands.
Well you see Papua New Guinea and Indonesia both lie directly north of Australia. And this is not a fake answer :)
The three seas which border both New Guinea and Australia are the Arafura Sea, Coral Sea and Timor Sea.The body of water between the northern tip of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
The continent of Australia comprises Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, Timor, and neighboring islands, as well as the country of Australia itself.The continent of Australia contains 4 countries - Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and portions of Indonesia.
No. Papua New Guinea was once a territory of Australia. It is now a country in its own right, having achieved full independence on 16 September 1975. In geological terms, the continent of Australia and the island of New Guinea are considered one continent as they both sit on the Indo-Australian tectonic plate.
yes both spiders and grasshoppers can live in Papua New Guinea.
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea both lie north of Australia. All three countries are usually considered part of the region of Oceania.