Question

Claimed by Spain in 1606, notionally Dutch in 1660, halved between the Dutch and Great Britain in 1824 (who divided their part with Germany in 1884), the Dutch half taken by Indonesia in 1962, following which that half has been in almost continuous upheaval, what name did Indonesia give their part in 1973?

Answer 1

Irian Jaya
The region was officially renamed Papua in 2002, after it was declared semi-autonomous. The eastern half of the island (New Guinea) claimed independence from Australia, to which Britain had given its now unified sovereignty, in 1975.