Could Papua New Guinea become a state of Australia?

Politically impossible. If there is one thing (and it might be the only thing) that can unite PNG it is the fact that is doesn't want to be ruled by another country. read more

Papua New Guinea becoming a state of Australia would raise Indonesian eyebrows and possibly cause them to become combative and fearful of further expansion due to their former colonial history and ill feelings due to the relatively recent occurrence of Australia leading a UN force to transition East Timor to Independence from Indonesia. read more

When the Treaty of Versailles came into force, the League of Nations made it mandate territory of Australia. From 1884 until 1906, British New Guinea was a British Colony. The colony changed its name to Papua, when jurisdiction was transferred from the British Government to the Federal Government of Australia. read more

1906: Australia takes control of Papua as an ‘external territory’ In 1906, the young nation of Australia became a colonial administrator when it assumed responsibility for the external territory of Papua – the southern half of what is now Papua New Guinea. read more