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Manus Island is covered by thick lush rainforest. Many species of orchids flourish I the forest canopy. The forest is full of bird life. Animals include possum and bandicoot and wild pig. There are large and small lizards but few snakes and no poisonous ones.
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www.manusisland.com/local-level/kali/kali-intro.html
www.manusisland.com/local-level/kali/kali-intro.html
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Manus Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth largest island in Papua New Guinea with an area of 2,100 km², m...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manus_Island
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A database of photographs, desctriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Manus Island, Manus Province. ... Large Island, to the east is Los Negros. ... A relatively small Japanese base was established in April of 1942, and had minimal contact with the people of Manus, but did hire some of the Rossum villagers as...
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www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_manus_island.html
www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_manus_island.html
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Plans were drawn to invade Manus Island on beaches near Lugos Mission, 2 miles west of Lorengau, where the airdrome was the main objective (Map No. 9, opposite page). Lorengau was known to be fortified.
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www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/admiralties/admiralties...
www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/admiralties/admiralties-ch4-manus.htm
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Manus was the first big 'leapfrog' landing in the Pacific war. The original target for the Manus landing was to have been Rabaul in New Britain. Rabaul was the major Japanese base in the area and was the staging ground for their Solomon Islands invasions.
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web.nmsu.edu/~pauberve/Manus.htm
web.nmsu.edu/~pauberve/Manus.htm
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The Australian-funded detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island first opened on October 21, 2001. The first group of Iraqi asylum seekers to arrive there were dismayed to find they had been tricked into thinking they were being taken to Australia.
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www.greenleft.org.au/2003/550/29726
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In this wet forest, the Manus Island tree-snail has lots of water from the rain, so it will not dry out. It lives high in trees and this has many advantages: ... A wet, humid environment allows the Manus Island tree-snail to breed several times a year.
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www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/water/snail.htm
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Australia foots the bill for offshore detention, but no nation can afford to lose compassion. - The Age Online ... For six months, Aladdin Sisalem has been the only person detained on Manus Island. The island is part of Papua New Guinea, but Australia put him there and pays for the detention centre.
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www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/12/1076548159085.htm...
www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/12/1076548159085.html
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Gary Eckert | profile | all galleries >> Manus Island, PNG ... we spent a month At Manus Island in 1944.We took the 40th C.B. batallion and their equipment there.It was a beautiful Island. I saw quite a bit of it. Also went flying with Mag.31 Marines. and saw the island from the air.
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www.pbase.com/thunor/manusisland
www.pbase.com/thunor/manusisland
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