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'''New Guinea''', located just north of [[Australia]], is the [[List of islands by area|world's second largest island]], having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the [[Torres Strait]] flooded after the [[last glacial period]]. The name '''''Papua''''' has long been associated with the island ''(see [[#History|History]] below)''. [[Western New Guinea|The western half of the island]] contains the [[Indonesia]]n provinces of [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]] and [[West Papua (Indonesian province)|West Papua]], while the eastern half forms the mainland of the independent country of [[Papua New Guinea]]. '''New Guinea''', located just north of [[Australia]], is the [[List of islands by area|world's second largest island]], having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the [[Torres Strait]] flooded after the [[last glacial period]]. The name '''''Papua''''' has long been associated with the island ''(see [[#History|History]] below)''. [[Western New Guinea|The western half of the island]] contains the [[Indonesia]]n provinces of [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]] and [[West Papua (Indonesian province)|West Papua]], while the eastern half forms the mainland of the independent country of [[Papua New Guinea]].
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New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the last glacial period. The name Papua has long been associated with the island (see History below). The western half of the island contains the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, while the eastern half forms the mainland of the independent country of Papua New Guinea.




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