Papua New Guinea's journey to independence ✊ | RetroFocus | ABC Australia

PNG will celebrate its 47th birthday later this year, but the quest for independence wasn’t straight forward.

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Inspired by other newly independent nations at the 1965 South Pacific Conference Papua New Guineans began to agitate for independence. Eight years later, Australia granted PNG self-government and Sir Michael Somare was elected the Territory’s first chief minister. Despite a desire for full independence many in PNG were worried about the speed with which Australia was pushing to end colonial rule. The issue came to a head in 1973 during a visit by Australia’s then Prime Minister Gough, and the ABC was there to report the developments.

You can watch more of these archival stories in the ABC Pacific Collection: https://ab.co/3ja0TF2

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