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German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) was an Imperial German protectorate from 1884. German New Guinea consisted of the territories of the northeastern part of New Guinea (German: Kaiser-Wilhelmsland) and the nearby Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of New Britain (German: Neu-Pommern) and New Ireland (German: Neu-Mecklenburg). [1]
Most of West Papua, at that time known as Dutch New Guinea, was occupied, as were large parts of the Territory of New Guinea (the former German New Guinea, which was also under Australian rule after World War I), but Papua was protected to a large extent by its southern location and the near-impassable Owen Stanley Ranges to the north.
Mandates in the Pacific: 1. South Seas Mandate 2. Mandate of New Guinea 3. Mandate of Nauru 4. Western Samoa Mandate. One of the first actions of Australia's armed forces during World War I was the seizure by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force of German New Guinea and the neighbouring islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in October 1914. [6]
The Battle of Bita Paka (11 September 1914) was fought south of Kabakaul, on the island of New Britain, and was a part of the invasion and subsequent occupation of German New Guinea by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Similar to New Zealand's operation against ...
World War I sites in Papua New Guinea (2 P) This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 07:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998) Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict. Papua New Guinea. Buka Liberation Front; Bougainville Resistance Force; Supported by: Australia. Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by: Solomon Islands Fiji (allegedly) Bougainville Peace Agreement
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The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [42] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.