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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Oan_S%C3%A9ng" title="Milne Oan Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Milne Oan Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Милн Бей (провинция) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Милн Бей (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Milne Bay Province" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Milne Bay Province" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay_provints" title="Milne Bay provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Milne Bay provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Bah%C3%ADa_Milne" title="Provincia de Bahía Milne – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Bahía Milne" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Golfeto_Milne" title="Provinco Golfeto Milne – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Golfeto Milne" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_badia_(probintzia)" title="Milne badia (probintzia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Milne badia (probintzia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87" title="استان خلیج میلنه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان خلیج میلنه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baie_de_Milne_(province)" title="Baie de Milne (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Baie de Milne (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay" title="Milne Bay – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Milne Bay" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%80%EB%A5%B8%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%A3%BC" title="밀른베이주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="밀른베이주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probinsia_ti_Luek_Milne" title="Probinsia ti Luek Milne – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Probinsia ti Luek Milne" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Teluk_Milne" title="Provinsi Teluk Milne – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Teluk Milne" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_della_Baia_di_Milne" title="Provincia della Baia di Milne – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia della Baia di Milne" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%98" title="მილნ-ბეი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მილნ-ბეი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milno_%C4%AElankos_provincija" title="Milno Įlankos provincija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Milno Įlankos provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay" title="Milne Bay – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Milne Bay" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E6%B9%BE%E5%B7%9E" title="ミルン湾州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミルン湾州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay_(provins)" title="Milne Bay (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Milne Bay (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%86%DB%92_%D8%A8%DB%92" title="صوبہ ملنے بے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ ملنے بے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milen_Be" title="Milen Be – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Milen Be" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay" title="Milne Bay – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Milne Bay" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C3%ADa_Milne_(prov%C3%ADncia)" title="Baía Milne (província) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Baía Milne (província)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BD-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Милн-Бей – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Милн-Бей" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milne_Bay_Province&params=10_15_S_150_0_E_region:PG_type:city(276512)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°15′S</span> <span class="longitude">150°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.250°S 150.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-10.250; 150.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alotau" title="Alotau">Alotau</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Gordon Wesley, 2022 to date</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,345 km<sup>2</sup> (5,539 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011 census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">276,512</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">19/km<sup>2</sup> (50/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">AEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2018)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.547<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#900">low</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_provinces_of_Papua_New_Guinea_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index">12th of 22</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Milne Bay</b> is a province of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Alotau" title="Alotau">Alotau</a>. The province covers 14,345 km<sup>2</sup> of land and 252,990 km<sup>2</sup> of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has about 276,000 inhabitants, speaking about 48 languages, most of which belong to the Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch of the <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian language">Austronesian language</a> family. Economically the province is dependent upon tourism, <a href="/wiki/Oil_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil palm">oil palm</a>, and gold mining on Misima Island; in addition to these larger industries there are many small-scale village projects in <a href="/wiki/Theobroma_cacao" title="Theobroma cacao">cocoa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> cultivation. The <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Battle of Milne Bay</a> took place in the province. </p><p>Culturally the <a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay" title="Milne Bay">Milne Bay</a> region is sometimes referred to as <b>the Massim</b>, a term originating from the name of <a href="/wiki/Misima_Island" title="Misima Island">Misima Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman41_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman41-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massim societies are usually characterized by <a href="/wiki/Matrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrilineal">matrilineal</a> descent, elaborate mortuary sequences and complex systems of ritual exchange including the <a href="/wiki/Kula_ring" title="Kula ring">Kula ring</a>. From island group to island group and even between close lying islands, the local culture changes remarkably. What is socially acceptable on one island may not be so on another.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Milne Bay Province became a major base in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Australian_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian armed forces">Australian Armed Forces</a> operated <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Ladava_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Ladava (naval base)">HMAS Ladava base</a> that won the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Battle of Milne Bay</a> in 1942. The US Navy built a large base in Milne Bay Province, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_Milne_Bay" title="Naval Base Milne Bay">Naval Base Milne Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reef</a> systems of Milne Bay are some of the most <a href="/wiki/Biodiverse" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiverse">biodiverse</a> in the world, and as such attract equal attention from dive operators and conservation groups. The <a href="/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands" title="D'Entrecasteaux Islands">D'Entrecasteaux Islands</a> still have volcanic activity, especially around Dobu and Fergusson Islands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The waters from the Amphlett group to the Trobriand Islands are poorly charted, and, as a result, are rarely visited by tourists or yachts passing through. On the other hand, the Louissiade Archipelago is a stopover for yachts travelling around the world and ones visiting from Australia. However, the area sees few general tourists. The gold mine at Misima is no longer operational; mining there ended in 2001, with stockpile milling continuing into 2004. During its life, Misima produced over 3.7Moz of gold and 18Moz of silver. Operations now are mainly focused on <a href="/wiki/Mine_closure" title="Mine closure">mine closure</a> requirements and environmental rehabilitation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There is also on-going prospecting in Woodlark Island and Mwatebu, <a href="/wiki/Normanby_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)">Normanby Island</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islands">Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Islands in Milne Bay Province include: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands" title="D'Entrecasteaux Islands">D'Entrecasteaux Islands</a> including <a href="/wiki/Goodenough_Island" title="Goodenough Island">Goodenough</a> (Nidula), <a href="/wiki/Fergusson_Island" title="Fergusson Island">Fergusson</a> (Moratau), <a href="/wiki/Sanaroa_Island" title="Sanaroa Island">Sanaroa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dobu_Island" title="Dobu Island">Dobu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Normanby_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)">Normanby</a> (Duau)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Trobriand_Islands" title="Trobriand Islands">Trobriand Islands</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Kiriwina" title="Kiriwina">Kiriwina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaileuna" title="Kaileuna">Kaileuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vakuta" title="Vakuta">Vakuta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kitava" title="Kitava">Kitava</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Amphlett_Islands" title="Amphlett Islands">Amphlett Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark_Island" title="Woodlark Island">Woodlark Island</a> (Muyuw, Murua)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Archipelago" title="Louisiade Archipelago">Louisiade Archipelago</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Rossel_Island" title="Rossel Island">Rossell (Yela)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanatinai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanatinai">Tagula</a> (Sudest, Vanatinai), <a href="/wiki/Misima_Island" title="Misima Island">Misima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarai" title="Samarai">Samarai</a>, prior to the Second World War a major shipping centre for expeditions between Australia and Southeast Asia, amply described in books by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mead" title="Margaret Mead">Margaret Mead</a> and her anthropologist second husband <a href="/wiki/Reo_Fortune" title="Reo Fortune">Reo Fortune</a>, location of the colonial District Headquarters until 1969 when the new Provincial Capital was moved to Alotau</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwato_Island" title="Kwato Island">Kwato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deka_Deka_Island" title="Deka Deka Island">Deka Deka Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logea_Island" title="Logea Island">Logea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sariba_Island" title="Sariba Island">Sariba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basilaki_Island" title="Basilaki Island">Basilaki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sideia_Island" title="Sideia Island">Sideia</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Engineer_Islands" title="Engineer Islands">Engineer Islands</a>, including Tubetube and Kwaraiwa</li></ul> <p>Administratively, there are four districts: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alotau_District" title="Alotau District">Alotau District</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alotau" title="Alotau">Alotau</a> town and mainland areas,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esa%27ala_District" title="Esa'ala District">Esa'ala District</a>: Normanby, Fergusson, Dobu, Sanaroa and other islands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina-Goodenough_District" title="Kiriwina-Goodenough District">Kiriwina-Goodenough District</a>: Goodenough Island and Trobriand Islands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarai-Murua_District" title="Samarai-Murua District">Samarai-Murua District</a>: Samarai, Engineer Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, <a href="/wiki/Calvados_Chain" title="Calvados Chain">Calvados Chain</a> and Woodlark Island.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the early 20th century, Milne Bay peoples lived in small <a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">hamlets</a>, which were dominated by <a href="/wiki/Clan" title="Clan">clans</a>. Most clans consisted of relatives, with an integration of adopted and individuals who married into the clan from other clans. Relocation of hamlets was commons, where one, two or three hamlets might combine and relocate together. The culture was <a href="/wiki/Matrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrilineal">matrilineal</a>. Each clan had a <a href="/wiki/Totem" title="Totem">totem</a> animal it identified as its own. Totems included snakes, a lizard, a fish, or a bird. One clan, the Tubetube clan, had a non-animal, with a plant as its totem. The snake was identified as one of the most powerful of the totems, as is the bird. People were known for asking "what is your bird?" in reference to what clan someone was a member of.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman41_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman41-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clans did not build <a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">shrines</a> to represent their totems, and people didn't believe to have special power or influence over the animals representing their totems. As of 1904, people were occasionally maintaining the creatures representing their clans as pets, which may have been introduced by Europeans. Bird totem creatures are not considered food.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman43_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman43-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, community members practiced <a href="/wiki/Exogamy" title="Exogamy">exogamy</a>, which protected clan members from having sexual relations with members of the same clan.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman43_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman43-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wood_carving" title="Wood carving">Wood carving</a>, historically, has been an important art of the Milne Bay area.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman47_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman47-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Milne Bay peoples created <a href="/wiki/Canoe" title="Canoe">canoes</a>, called <i>waga</i>. When <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gabriel_Seligman" title="Charles Gabriel Seligman">Charles Gabriel Seligman</a> visited the area in 1904, he described the <i>waga</i> as playing "such an important part in the life of the district," and being a "<a href="/wiki/Decorative_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Decorative art">decorative art</a>" that has "reached its highest expression in the carvings of the ornaments for the <a href="/wiki/Prow" class="mw-redirect" title="Prow">prows</a> of the <i>waga</i>." He also noted that they used similar designs on <a href="/wiki/Gourd" title="Gourd">gourds</a> from lime trees.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman41_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman41-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Basket_weaving" title="Basket weaving">Basket weaving</a> was also common, with baskets called <i>sinapopo</i> being particularly representative of wealth in the region, to the point where they are buried with their owners upon death. <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">Pottery</a> was also common, specifically amongst the Tubetube, Ware and other tribes. <a href="/wiki/Adze" title="Adze">Adze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axe" title="Axe">axes</a> were also common, for functional and ceremonial purposes. The people of <a href="/wiki/Woodlark_Island" title="Woodlark Island">Woodlark Island</a> were known for their axes. <a href="/wiki/Spear" title="Spear">Spears</a> and arrows were also used for weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman47_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman47-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts_and_LLGs">Districts and LLGs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Districts and LLGs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="400"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>District Capital</th> <th>LLG Name </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Alotau_District" title="Alotau District">Alotau District</a> </th> <th rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Alotau" title="Alotau">Alotau</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alotau_Urban_LLG" title="Alotau Urban LLG">Alotau Urban</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daga_Rural_LLG" title="Daga Rural LLG">Daga Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Huhu_Rural_LLG" title="Huhu Rural LLG">Huhu Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Makamaka_Rural_LLG" title="Makamaka Rural LLG">Makamaka Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maramatana_Rural_LLG" title="Maramatana Rural LLG">Maramatana Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suau_Rural_LLG" title="Suau Rural LLG">Suau Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Weraura_Rural_LLG" title="Weraura Rural LLG">Weraura Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Esa%27ala_District" title="Esa'ala District">Esa'ala District</a> </th> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esa%27ala,_Papua_New_Guinea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esa'ala, Papua New Guinea (page does not exist)">Esa'ala</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dobu_Rural_LLG" title="Dobu Rural LLG">Dobu Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duau_Rural_LLG" title="Duau Rural LLG">Duau Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Ferguson_Rural_LLG" title="West Ferguson Rural LLG">West Ferguson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina-Goodenough_District" title="Kiriwina-Goodenough District">Kiriwina-Goodenough District</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina" title="Kiriwina">Kiriwina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Goodenough_Island_Rural_LLG" title="Goodenough Island Rural LLG">Goodenough Island Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina_Rural_LLG" title="Kiriwina Rural LLG">Kiriwina Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Samarai-Murua_District" title="Samarai-Murua District">Samarai-Murua District</a> </th> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Murua,_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Murua, Papua New Guinea">Murua</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bwanabwana_Rural_LLG" title="Bwanabwana Rural LLG">Bwanabwana Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Rural_LLG" title="Louisiade Rural LLG">Louisiade Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Murua_Rural_LLG" title="Murua Rural LLG">Murua Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yaleyamba_Rural_LLG" title="Yaleyamba Rural LLG">Yaleyamba Rural</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_leaders">Provincial leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Provincial leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the <a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">National Parliament of Papua New Guinea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premiers_(1978–1995)"><span id="Premiers_.281978.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Premiers (1978–1995)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Premiers (1978–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Premier</b> </th> <th><b>Term</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Paulisbo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patrick Paulisbo (page does not exist)">Patrick Paulisbo</a></td> <td>1978–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tubira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Tubira (page does not exist)">John Tubira</a></td> <td>1981–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lepani_Watson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lepani Watson (page does not exist)">Lepani Watson</a></td> <td>1983–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Navy_Aule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Navy Aule (page does not exist)">Navy Aule</a></td> <td>1987–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elliot_Kaidama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elliot Kaidama (page does not exist)">Elliot Kaidama</a></td> <td>1989–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Toloube&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeffrey Toloube (page does not exist)">Jeffrey Toloube</a></td> <td>1991–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>provincial government suspended</i></td> <td>1992–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Toloube&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeffrey Toloube (page does not exist)">Jeffrey Toloube</a></td> <td>1993–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jones_Liosi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jones Liosi (page does not exist)">Jones Liosi</a></td> <td>1994–1995 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors_(1995–present)"><span id="Governors_.281995.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Governors (1995–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Governors (1995–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Governor</b> </th> <th><b>Term</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Neville_(Papua_New_Guinean_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Neville (Papua New Guinean politician) (page does not exist)">Tim Neville</a></td> <td>1995–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Abaijah" title="Josephine Abaijah">Josephine Abaijah</a></td> <td>1997–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Philemon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Titus Philemon (page does not exist)">Titus Philemon</a></td> <td>2000–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Neville_(Papua_New_Guinean_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Neville (Papua New Guinean politician) (page does not exist)">Tim Neville</a></td> <td>2002–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Luke_Crittin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Luke Crittin (page does not exist)">John Luke Crittin</a></td> <td>2007–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titus_Philemon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Titus Philemon (page does not exist)">Titus Philemon</a></td> <td>2012–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sir_John_Luke_Crittin,_KBE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sir John Luke Crittin, KBE (page does not exist)">Sir John Luke Crittin, KBE</a></td> <td>2017–2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Wesley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon Wesley (page does not exist)">Gordon Wesley</a></td> <td>2022–present </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_the_National_Parliament">Members of the National Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Members of the National Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province and each district is represented by a Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">National Parliament</a>. There is one provincial <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">electorate</a> and each district is an open electorate. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Electorate</b> </th> <th><b>Name</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Milne Bay Provincial</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Wesley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon Wesley (page does not exist)">Gordon Wesley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alotau_District" title="Alotau District">Alotau Open</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Morris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ricky Morris (page does not exist)">Ricky Morris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Esa%27ala_District" title="Esa'ala District">Esa'ala Open</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Maladina" title="Jimmy Maladina">Jimmy Maladina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina-Goodenough_District" title="Kiriwina-Goodenough District">Kiriwina-Goodenough Open</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Tomuriesa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Tomuriesa (page does not exist)">Douglas Tomuriesa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samarai-Murua_District" title="Samarai-Murua District">Samarai-Murua Open</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isi_Henry_Leonard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isi Henry Leonard (page does not exist)">Isi Henry Leonard</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milne_Bay_Province&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Miriam Kahn's <i>Always Hungry Never Greedy: food and the expression of gender in a Melanesian society</i> is set in a village in Milne Bay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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