<Tr> <Th> Ethnic groups </Th> <Td> Papuan and Austronesian </Td> </Tr> <P> New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Dutch: Nieuw - Guinea; German: Neuguinea; Indonesian: Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia . It is the world's second - largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania . </P> <P> The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent state of Papua New Guinea . The western half, referred to as Western New Guinea or West Papua or simply Papua, formerly a Dutch colony, was annexed by Indonesia in 1962 and has been administered by it since then . </P> <P> The island has been known by various names: </P>

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