02/03/2021
After being colonized by the German and British since 1884, Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia on the 16th of September 1975 at the same time becoming a Commonwealth Nation. This followed near 60 years of Australian administration since World War I.
From 1884 Germany ruled the northern half of the country for some decades as a colony called German New Guinea. In 1914, after the outbreak of World War 1, Australian forces captured and occupied German New Guinea.
The southern half had been colonized in 1884 by the United Kingdom as British New Guinea. In 1905, the UK transferred this territory to the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia.
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Map of eastern New Guinea from the 10th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, c. 1902.
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