Territory of New Guinea
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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = New Guinea
|conventional_long_name = Territory of New Guinea
|common_name = New Guinea
|continent = Oceania
|region = New Guinea
|status=League of Nations Mandate
|empire=Australia
|status_text=Mandate
|year_start = 1919
|year_end = 1949
|date_start = June 28
|date_end =
|event_start = [[Treaty of Versailles]]
|event_end= [[Territory of Papua and New Guinea|Union with Papua]]
|p1 = German New Guinea
|flag_p1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg
|s1 = Territory of Papua and New Guinea
|flag_s1 = Flag of Australia.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Australia.svg
|flag = Flag of Australia
|flag_type =
|image_map = LocationTerritoryNewGuinea.png
|image_map_caption =
|capital = Canberra
|common_languages = [[English language|English]] (official), [[Austronesian languages]], [[Papuan languages]], [[Tok Pisin language|English creoles]]
|title_leader = [[King of the United Kingdom|King]]
|leader1 = [[List of British monarchs]]
|title_representative = [[Administrator of New Guinea|Administrator]]
|representative1 = [[List of colonial heads of New Guinea]]
|title_deputy = [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]]
|deputy1 = [[List of Prime Ministers of Australia]]
|era =
|currency = [[Australian pound|Australian Pound]]
}}
'''Territory of New Guinea''' was the name given to the [[Australia]]-controlled, [[League of Nations]]-mandated territory in the north eastern part of the island of [[New Guinea]], and surrounding islands, between [[1920]] and [[1949]]. The south-eastern part of the island of New Guinea, was a separate Australian colony, the [[Territory of Papua]], until 1949.
The Australian mandate was based on the previous [[German New Guinea]], which was captured and occupied by Australian forces in [[1914]], during [[World War I]]. Much of the Territory of New Guinea was occupied by [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces during [[World War II]]; [[Rabaul]], on the island of [[New Britain]] was a major Japanese base (see [[New Guinea campaign]]).
Under the [[Papua New Guinea]] Provisional Administration Act, ([[1945]]-[[1946|46]]), the territories of [[Territory of Papua|Papua]] and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
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[[Category:History of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:League of Nations mandates]]
[[Category:United Nations Trust Territories]]
{{Territories of the British Empire}}
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[[de:Territorium Neuguinea]]
[[es:Territorio de Nueva Guinea]]
[[fr:Territoire de Nouvelle-Guinée]]