Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a bilateral security agreement that will provide the Pacific state with more assistance for its police and support for its legal system.

The new deal cements Australia’s role in Papua New Guinea’s policing, judiciary and defense. Australia has pledged 200 million Australian dollars ($130 million) to support the initiatives ...

Queensland is joined to New Guinea on Blaeu’s map because the Torres Strait had not yet been discovered. As Megan Gannon of Live Science notes, much of Australia’s eastern coastline is missing.