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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
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