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Port Moresby
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea, on the south coast of the island of New Guinea. Named in 1873 by the British naval officer John Moresby, it was the seat of British New Guinea from 1884 and then of the Australian Territory of Papua. A major Allied base in the Second World War, it became the capital of independent Papua New Guinea in 1975.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Port Moresby. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/port-moresby
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