Claim: Located north of Australia, the island of New Guinea was the birthplace of footballer Joshua Talau.
Evidence: Papua New Guinea (PNG; /ˈpæp(j)uə ... ˈɡɪni, ˈpɑː-/, also US: /ˈpɑːpwə-, ˈpɑːpjə-, ˈpɑːpə-/; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a sovereign state in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. New Guinea is an island to the north of the Australian mainland, south of the equator. Joshua Talau Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Joshua Talau (born 19 April 1996) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for Lae City Dwellers in the NSL and the Papua New Guinea national football team.