1986 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea match victory against New Zealand and their first test win since defeating France 37-6 in 1977. The Kumuls would not win another test until 1990. Following the loss to Papua New Guinea, Graham Lowe resigned in August to take up the position of head coach with English club side Wigan. Tony Gordon was appointed as his replacement in September. Dun Furner and Wally Lewis would lead the Australian team on the undefeated 1986 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France at the end of the NSWRL and BRL seasons. 1986 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and Papua New
Australian occupation of German New Guinea Australian occupation of German New Guinea The Australian occupation of German New Guinea was the takeover of the Pacific colony of German New Guinea in September – November 1914 by an expeditionary force from Australia, called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. German New Guinea () was an Imperial German protectorate from 1884. German New Guinea consisted of the territories of the northeastern part of New Guinea () and the nearby Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of New Britain () and New Ireland (). Together with the other Western Pacific German islands, excluding German Samoa, they formed the Imperial German Pacific