Administrative union of the Australian external Territory of Papua and the UN trust Territory of New Guinea, formed in 1949 — the immediate predecessor of the independent state, combining the formerly separate British/Australian south and German/Australian-mandate north of the island.
Renamed 'Papua New Guinea' in December 1971 and became independent as the Independent State of Papua New Guinea on 16 September 1975.
Concise national history of Papua New Guinea by the pioneering PNG historian John Waiko, spanning the colonial territory and the post-1975 state.
Oral history of the late colonial period, including the postwar Papua and New Guinea union up to independence.