Territory of New Guinea

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Territory_of_New_Guinea
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:area 242,000 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Rabaul
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Australian_pound
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:dissolved 1949
gptkbp:established 1920
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Territory_of_New_Guinea
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Brigadier_General_Donald_Cleland
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Evan_Wisdom
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Thomas_Griffiths
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Walter_Ramsay_McNicoll
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Territory of New Guinea
gptkbp:invaded gptkb:Japan_(1942)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Oceania
gptkbp:mandate gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Territory_of_Papua
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf Australian-administered territories
gptkbp:population about 600,000 (1930s)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:German_New_Guinea
gptkbp:recapturedBy gptkb:Allied_forces_(1945)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Territory_of_Papua_and_New_Guinea
gptkbp:trust 1946
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_New_Guinea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5