Mark New Border
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First Cairn To Mark New Border
A first marker to define the border between Papua-New Guinea and Indonesian West New Guinea was set in place in July near Wutong village, on New Guinea’s north coast.
The new marker, a pyramid shaped concrete block, cuts into the Australian territory of New Guinea about 250 yards inside the old border agreed upon by Australia and the Dutch admin istration of West New Guinea.
A concrete cairn marks the old line.
Wutong village and mission station still remain entirely in
P-Ng.
The marker will be the first of six set in place along the border between the north coast and the Star Mountains by mid- September. Another eight will later be erected between the Star Mountains and the south coast.
Indonesian and Australian survey teams have been working on the border marking since the end of June.
The Australian team is led by Mr. John Macartney and the Indonesian team by Dr. J.
Sunarjo.