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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1975, Sept. 16 | |
| Papua New Guinea, self-governing since Dec. 1973, became independent of Australia. | 1 |
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| The governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the Whitlam Labour government and appointed Liberal Party leader Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister. Fraser's government was returned at a federal election on Dec. 13. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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