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Bougainville Civil War : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bougainville Civil War
The Bougainville Civil War, also known as the Bougainville Conflict, was an armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 between Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), who were fighting for independence. The war has been described as the largest conflict in Oceania since the end of World War II, with approximately 15,000 to 20,000 Bougainvilleans estimated to have died. ==Historical background (1969–88)== The discovery of vast copper ore deposits in the Crown Prince Range on Bougainville Island in 1969 led to the establishment of the huge Bougainville Copper Mine by the Australian company Conzinc Rio Tinto. The Panguna mine began production in 1972 under the management of Bougainville Copper Ltd, with Papua New Guinea as a 20% shareholder. At the time, the Panguna mine was the largest open cut mine in the world. It provided over 45% of Papua New Guinea's national export revenue, and was, as such, incredibly important to the economy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=National Film and Sound Archive of Australia )〕 The mine brought thousands of non-Bougainvilleans to the island, most of whom were Papua New Guineans, who were known as "red-skins" to the Bougainvilleans because of their red skin colour, in comparison to the black Bougainvilleans. Many "white-skins", mostly Australians, were also brought in to work at the mine. This immigration caused further tension among the Bougainvilleans, who did not want foreigners on their land, especially the "red-skins," because of their cultural differences. Conflict began to emerge from the start of mining operations at Panguna, with many of the local landowners opposed to it due to the influx of workers from other parts of PNG, as well as environmental concerns and resentment over profits leaving the island. Prior to Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975, Bougainville had attempted to secede; however, this did not occur after an agreement was reached for further decentralization.
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