The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1975. In 1883, the Government of Queensland annexed...
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The Territory of Papua and New Guinea, officially the Administrative Union of the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea, was established...
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area of 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi). Split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the British Territory of Papua in the South, all of present-day...
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1975. In 1949, the Territory and the Territory of Papua were established in an administrative union by the name of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea....
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federal government of Australia as de facto or de jure external territories for differing periods between 1902 and 1975. Territory of Papua: 1883–1902: A de...
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implemented Flag of the Territory of Papua, 1906–1971 Flag of the Territory of New Guinea, 1921–1971 Flag of Australia in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea...
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authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1902. Following the passage of the Papua Act in 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal...
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comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Territory of Papua (1884–1949), a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea...
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secession of the territory currently under Indonesian administration. The territory is currently divided into six Indonesian provinces of Central Papua, Highland...
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colonial governors of Papua New Guinea, from the establishment of German New Guinea in 1884 until the independence of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea...
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New Guinea (redirect from Etymology of Papua)
is organized as the provinces of Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua. The two major cities on the island...
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1920, and changed the status of the territories of Papua and New Guinea by merging their administrations to form Papua and New Guinea. The Act established...
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The Papua conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Papua) is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea (Papua) between Indonesia and the Free Papua Movement (Indonesian:...
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West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat), formerly Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian), is an Indonesian province located in Indonesia Papua. It covers most of the...
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Moresby) Central Province Papua (disambiguation) Provinces of Papua New Guinea Territory of Papua Territory of Papua and New Guinea Papua New Guinea National...
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Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly...
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the status of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea to that of an independent Papua New Guinea. The Act set 16 September 1975 as date of Papua New Guinea's...
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Papua New Guinea Crest and Flag". PNGAA. Retrieved February 20, 2016. "Papua and New Guinea 1970–1971 (Australia) Australian Trust Territory of Papua...
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Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border is the international border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The border, which divides the island of New Guinea...
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corresponded to the "Districts" of the pre-Independence administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. It had been considered that an independent state...
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New Guinea. It originated from the Australian Army land forces of the territory of Papua New Guinea before independence, coming into being in January 1973...
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mandate into the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, the immediate predecessor of present-day Papua New Guinea.[citation needed] Papua New Guinea gained...
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The national emblem of Papua New Guinea consists of a bird-of-paradise over a traditional spear and a kundu drum. Designed by Hal Holman, an Australian...
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" of the Territory of Papua". Territory of Papua and New Guinea Government Gazette. 28 September 1950. Retrieved 11 May 2022. "Territory of Papua and...
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Western New Guinea (redirect from Papua (Indonesian region))
named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat). Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian...
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United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates, and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to...
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of Papua New Guinea is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Papua New Guinea. The current Papua...
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Port Moresby (redirect from Capital of Papua New Guinea)
to October 1944.[citation needed] In 1945, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea was formed when Papua and the former German New Guinea, which had been...
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New Guinea campaign (redirect from Papua campaign)
Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East...
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1942 through to the end of the war, Japan attempted its invasions of the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua, both of which were under Australian...
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