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Papua New Guinea
9°30?S 147°07?E
FAMOUS NEW GUINEANS

SIR VINCENT SEREI ERI
Sir Vincent Serei Eri, GCMG (12 September 1936, Moveave, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea ? 25 May 1993, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) was the fifth Governor General of Papua New Guinea and is often cited as being the first Papua New Guinean national to write a novel, The Crocodile in English.

SIR PAULIAS NGUNA MATANE
Sir Paulias Nguna Matane GCL, GCMG, OBE, KStJ (born 21 September 1931), formerly a career civil servant, was the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010.

JOHN KASAIPWALOYA
John Kasaipwalova is an author of Papua New Guinea. He was born in 1949 of indigenous parentage in Okaidoka Village on Kiriwina Island of the Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

(Photo) The photographer Daniel Pilar from FH Hannover take on Papua NeW Guinea
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Official language(s): Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English

Capital: Port Moresby

Population: 6,7 mill.

Currency: Kina (PGK)