In the three decades following World War II, Australian assistance to Papua New Guinea (PNG) comprised around 80 per cent of the Australian ‘aid’ budget. The large amount of colonial spending has led many observers of contemporary Australian policy to reflect on the 1960s as a time of Australian generosity in the field of foreign aid. Examining this history through the prism of Australian colonial policy complicates the story of Australian generosity. From the immediate postwar challenges of Eddie Ward's ‘New Deal’ to the Paul Hasluck period and the immense changes of the 1960s and 1970s, foreign aid and colonial development were inherently (if not explicitly) linked. By bringing these fields of policy together, this article demonstrates that the narrative of Australian foreign aid generosity is challenged by the historical imperatives of colonial administration.

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作为对外援助的殖民主义：澳大利亚在巴布亚新几内亚的发展政策，1945-75

在二战后的三十年里，澳大利亚对巴布亚新几内亚 (PNG) 的援助占澳大利亚“援助”预算的 80% 左右。大量的殖民开支导致当代澳大利亚政策的许多观察家将 1960 年代视为澳大利亚在外援领域慷慨解囊的时期。通过澳大利亚殖民政策的棱镜审视这段历史，使澳大利亚慷慨的故事变得复杂。从埃迪·沃德 (Eddie Ward) 的“新政”的战后直接挑战到保罗·哈斯拉克 (Paul Hasluck) 时期以及 1960 年代和 1970 年代的巨大变化，外援和殖民发展具有内在的（如果不是明确的）联系。通过将这些政策领域结合在一起，