Morobe
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Morobe may refer to several places in Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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- Morobe ProvinceMorobe ProvinceMorobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital, and largest city, is Lae. The province covers 34,500 km², including 719 km² maritime area, with a population of 539,725...
- Morobe, Papua New GuineaMorobe, Papua New GuineaMorobe is a small coastal village located in Morobe Bay, in the south of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.-History:An administrative post for the protectorate of German New Guinea, it was occupied by Australian troops of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 1914 during World...
- Morobe Goldfield (WauWauWau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. It has a population of approx 5,000 and situated at an altitude of around 1100m. Wau was the site of a Gold rush during the 1920s and 30's when prospective gold diggers arrived at the coast at Salamaua and struggled inland along the...
) - Morobe BayMorobe BayMorobe Bay is a bay within Huon Gulf, on the coast of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.- History :The American and Australian armed forces used Morobe Bay, also known as "Morobe Harbour", as a safe anchorage and staging point as part of the New Guinea campaign during World War II.A PT boat...