 General MacArthur located his headquarters in Port Moresby from November 1942 to October 1944.In 1945, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea was formed when Papua and the former German New Guinea, which had been administered by Australia since 1918, were amalgamated under a single Australian administration though several laws remained in two territories and remain so, which can be complicating with provinces sitting on two sides of the otherwise extinct boundary.Port Moresby became the capital of the new combined territory and a focal point for the expansion of public services.