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of the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea by Australia in an administrative union, by the name of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, whilst maintaining the identity and status of the Territory of New Guinea as a Trust Territory and the identity and status of the Territory of Papua as a Possession of the Crown".
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As to the Territory of Papua having continued to have a legal existence as a distinct territory, separate and distinct from the Territory of New Guinea, note the following Recital to the Papua New Guinea Independence Act, 1975 "WHEREAS the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949 provided for the administration
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was the first outright defeat of Japanese land forces during World War II. The offensives in Papua and New Guinea of 1943–44 were the single largest series of connected operations ever mounted by the Australian armed forces. The Supreme Commander of operations was the United States General
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recites that this happened "on or about" 4 September 1888. On 18 March 1902, the Territory was placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia. Resolutions of acceptance were passed by the Commonwealth Parliament, which accepted the territory under the name of Papua.
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and was established as a major Japanese base from where the Japanese landed on mainland New Guinea and advanced towards Port Moresby and Australia. Having had their initial effort to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne invasion disrupted by the
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in 1971. Notwithstanding that it was part of an administrative union, the Territory of Papua at all times retained a distinct legal status and identity; it was a Possession of the Crown whereas the Territory of New Guinea was initially a
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by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 132 where it is noted that "On March 18, 1902 Letters Patent made for the purposes of section 122 of the Australian Constitution, placed the territory under the Commonwealth of
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taking a direct role in planning, and operations being essentially directed by staff at New Guinea Force headquarters in Port Moresby. Bitter fighting continued in New Guinea between the largely Australian force and the Japanese
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and annex the eastern half of New Guinea. The reason given for annexation was the apparent German interest in annexing the area, evidenced by an article in the
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Meanwhile, the northern part of New Guinea was under German commercial control from 1884, and from 1899 was directly ruled by the German government as the
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Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the
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Queensland's contribution to the development of British New Guinea, by Paul Dillon, ISBN: 9781922815880, Connor Court Publishing, Brisbane 2023.
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emphasised in a despatch to the Queensland government that such an action was beyond Queensland's constitutional powers as a British colony.
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to the north. Civil administration was suspended during the war and both territories (Papua and New Guinea) were placed under
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gave the island the name "New Guinea", because he saw a resemblance between the islands' inhabitants and those found on the
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annexed this territory for the British Empire. The United Kingdom Government refused to ratify the annexation but in 1884 a
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On 6 November 1884, after the Australian colonies had promised financial support, the territory became a British
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Dispela Kantri Bilong Mi, Nau! Queensland Annexes New Guinea, by Paul Dillon, ISBN: 9780994638168, 2023; and
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Papua made up the southern half of what is today Papua New Guinea and contained the territory's capital,
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Australian troops at Milne Bay, Papua. The Australian army was the first to inflict defeat on the
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Archeological evidence suggests that humans arrived on New Guinea at least 60,000 years ago. These
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In early September 1942 Japanese marines attacked a strategic Royal Australian Air Force base at
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in 1914, Australia invaded Kaiser-Wilhelmsland on 11 September 1914 with 2000 volunteers of the
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people developed stone tools and agriculture. Portuguese and Spanish navigators sailing in the
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The British flag being raised in 1883 after Queensland annexed the southern part of New Guinea
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came upon the principal island, which the locals called "Papua". In 1545, the Spaniard
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entered New Guinea waters in the early part of the 16th century and in 1526–27, Don
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a distinction was maintained between the two territories. The act provided for a
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in 1919 transferred German New Guinea to Australia, which administered it as the
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Whittaker, J. L.; Gash, N. G.; Hookey, J. L.; Lacey, R. J., eds. (1975).
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Whittaker, J. L.; Gash, N. G.; Hookey, J. F.; Lacey, R. J., eds. (1975).
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united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the
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Documents and Readings in New Guinea History: Prehistory to 1889
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Papua and New Guinea Act, 1949 of the Commonwealth of Australia
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were established in an administrative union by the name of the
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in Australia, the Territory became the independent nation of
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Papua New Guinea Act, 1971 of the Commonwealth of Australia
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British and Australian colony in Oceania from 1883 to 1975
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by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 132
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action against the Japanese attack, over the rugged
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comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of
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