New Guinea

Jorge de Menezes and his crew was traveling in the Ocean in a Portuguese "Caravela". Because of the rainy season he stopped over for some months, walk around and encounter some people. When the weather was better, he left and never came back...

Yes, many expatriates home school their children.

The Bird of Paradise is the most famous bird from New Guinea. It is PNG's coat of arms.

Ten dollars is worth $10, it does not matter where you take it.

It does not snow in Papua New Guinea. The country has a tropical climate, with tropical rainforests.

However, it does snow on the actual island of New Guinea, of which Papua New Guinea occupies only the eastern half, even though the island is tropical. The mountain Puncak Jaya (4884m) has snow and glaciers, and is in the Indonesian controlled West Papua or Irian Jaya.

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British Guinea is the former name of Papua New Guinea, a country near Indonesia.

Tropical rainforest

Unless they have been deliberately stretched they are the same on average as every normal genitally intact man

Papua does not have an official nickname, but it is commonly called "PNG".

Cannibals and leprechauns

Because they have very little infrastructure, industry, social services etc compared to developed country's such as the USA or Australia.

My Father never spoke of the war except to say that in Papua New Guinea he lived in muddy trenches. His feet were always wet and sore as it was always pouring rain. Leeches clinging onto their bodies were a problem all the time. Also said he lived on bully beef. As for the fighting, it was unspeakable except for the snipers he spoke of, the horrible living conditions and that it was a case of shoot or be shot. Not much help I guess for what you are looking for.

The Coral Sea borders both Papua New Guinea and Australia.

No. Germany had colonies in the Pacific: Bismarck Archipelgeo, Carolina Islands Mariana Islands, Marshal Islands, Palau Islands and Samoa Islands but not Papua New Guinea. No actual fighting occured in this part of the pacific. Germany had a small naval force that fought several battles with the British off the coast of South America until it was destroy in the battle of the Falkland Islands.

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The huli are an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea. They live in the central highlands of the tari basin. The first contact with the rest of the world was in 1934. They are most famous for their wigs. Huli people are stocking and men bearded. The men and women live in separate huts. They are believed to have been living in Papua New guinea for 600-1000 years or more.

A range of mountains in Central Papua New Guinea, named after Owen Stanley, a British Naval office and Surveyor

Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu.

In tok-pisin : Yu naispla or Yu resa

We don't know the name of the person or persons who first explored this region, but many anthropologists believe it was the Melanesians.

Yes. Germany took control of the northern half of the country in 1884. In 1899 the German imperial government assumed direct control of the territory, and this is when the territory became known as German new Guinea - a title it retained for only about 5 years.

Papua New Guinea. It has three main languages and around 820 indigenous languages.

Rainforests occupy these high elevations in Papua New Guinea.