League of Nations mandate under Australian administration

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The League of Nations mandate under Australian administration was an international trusteeship arrangement that placed former German New Guinea under Australian control after World War I, with Australia governing the territory on behalf of the League rather than as a sovereign colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
international trusteeship arrangement
administeredBy Australia
administeredFrom Commonwealth of Australia
administeredOnBehalfOf League of Nations
allowedAdministratorTo exploit natural resources subject to League oversight
appliedToTerritory former German New Guinea
basedOn Treaty of Versailles
capitalOfMandatedTerritory Rabaul
didNotConfer full sovereignty on Australia
endDate 1946
endedBecauseOf dissolution of League of Nations
geographicLocation Southwest Pacific
governedBy Australian civil administration subsequently
Australian military administration initially
includedRegion Bismarck Archipelago
Northeastern New Guinea mainland
several outlying Pacific islands
legalStatusOfAdministration trusteeship rather than sovereignty
mandateClass Class C mandate
obligedAdministratorTo promote welfare of inhabitants
report annually to League of Nations
partOf League of Nations mandates system
politicalLegacy precursor to Territory of Papua and New Guinea under Australian administration
populationIncluded indigenous Papuan and Melanesian peoples
replacedBy United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea
resultOf World War I
startDate 1920
succeededTerritory German New Guinea
supervisedBy Permanent Mandates Commission

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German New Guinea legalStatusAfterWWI League of Nations mandate under Australian administration
Huli people historicalContact Australian colonial administration
linked to: League of Nations mandate under Australian administration
New Ireland Island wasAdministeredBy Australia under League of Nations mandate
linked to: League of Nations mandate under Australian administration