History of the flags of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2023, №4(60), 237-252

 
Annotation: The article tells about the history of the city and province through the history of flags of different countries flying over them, analyzes the impact on the life style of indigenous peoples, their socio-cultural and economic development, reveals the true goals of Europeans who came to the region from the first contact in 1871 to 1975. An overview and stages of Papua New Guinea's independence is presented, using the Madang region as an example, as well as the structure of governance organization in the region and the history of the flag of the new largest Pacific Island nation. The period also considered is the period from 2017 to 2023, the return of Russia's humanitarian influence in the region through the preservation of the memory of the first Russian friend of the indigenous people of the northeast of the island New Guinea Nikolai Miklouho-Maklay, who was the first to raise the flag over the Maklay coast, the modern territory of Madang.

Keywords: Madang, New Guinea, Maclay сoast, World War, Australian colony, Papua New Guinea flag history, Bismarck, Otto Finsch, Miklouho-Maclay, Rai coast