The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 16th century.ollowing the passage of the Papua Act in 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal Australian administration began in 1906, although Papua remained under their control a British possession until the independence of Papua New Guinea in 1975. There was little economic activity in Papua.
Floor hole. An opening measuring less than 12 inches but more than 1 inch in its least dimension, in any floor, platform, pavement, or yard, through which materials but not persons may fall; such as a belt hole, pipe opening, or slot opening.
Definition of floor. 1  1 : the level base of a room. 2  2a : the lower inside surface of a hollow structure (such as a cave or bodily part)b : a ground surface the ocean floor. 3  3a : a structure dividing a building into stories; also : storyb : the occupants of such a floor. 4  4 : the surface of a structure on which one travels the floor of a bridge.