Constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth occupying eastern New Guinea and nearby islands; independent from Australia in 1975.
Concise national history of Papua New Guinea by the pioneering PNG historian John Waiko, spanning the colonial territory and the post-1975 state.
Authoritative regional reference framing PNG within Pacific history.
Booker-shortlisted novel set on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea during the 1990s civil war, within the PNG state's era; author is a New Zealander writing about PNG, a modest but acknowledged stretch.
The first novel published by a Papua New Guinean, set in colonial-era Papua on the cusp of independence; predates the 1975 independence date but is the foundational PNG novel of place.