Territory of New Guinea 3706900 214386158 2008-05-23T09:15:32Z Chenzw 3794283 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/121.218.235.210|121.218.235.210]] to last version by Tombomp {{unreferenced|date=February 2008}} {{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. {{DEFAULTSORT:New Guinea}} [[Category:History of Papua New Guinea]] [[Category:League of Nations mandates]] [[Category:United Nations Trust Territories]] {{Territories of the British Empire}} {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub}} [[de:Territorium Neuguinea]] [[es:Territorio de Nueva Guinea]] [[fr:Territoire de Nouvelle-Guinée]]