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'''Port Moresby''' is the capital city of [[Papua New Guinea]], located on the country's south-eastern coast, and on the shore of Fairfax Harbour. The location of the city was first visted by Westerners in 1873: a British vessel commanded by Captain John Moresby; he named it after hios father Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby. Fairfax claimed the area for [[Great Britain]]. In 1906 British New Guinea, also known as Papua, was passed to Australian administration.
'''Port Moresby''' is the capital city of [[Papua New Guinea]], located on the country's south-eastern coast, and on the shore of Fairfax Harbour. The location of the city was first visted by Westerners in 1873: a British vessel commanded by Captain John Moresby; he named it after hios father Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby. Fairfax claimed the area for [[Great Britain]]. In 1906 British New Guinea, also known as Papua, was passed to Australian administration.
During the [[Second World War]] Port Moresby was an important allied base; it lay in the small part of southern New Guinea not to have been conquered by the Japanese in 1941-42. The preservation of this bastion meant that the Japanese could not conquer all of New Guinea and proceed to invade northern [[Australia]].
During the [[Second World War]] Port Moresby was an important allied base; it lay in the small part of southern New Guinea not to have been conquered by the Japanese in 1941-42. The preservation of this bastion meant that the Japanese could not conquer all of New Guinea and proceed to invade northern [[Australia]].