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Papua New Guinea
Trivia
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The independent state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the South Pacific joined the Commonwealth in 1975.
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The country borders Indonesia and sits north of Australia and west of the Solomon Islands. See map of Papua New Guinea. See map of Papua New Guinea.
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Papua New Guinea made their debut in the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth taking home a boxing bronze. Since then they have competed in every Games apart from Edinburgh in 1986.
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The sports of boxing, lawn bowls and shooting have brought PNG medal success.
