When did Australia own Papua New Guinea?

The protectorate, called British New Guinea, was annexed outright on 4 September 1888 and possession passed to the newly federated Commonwealth of Australia in 1902 and British New Guinea became the Australian Territory of Papua, with Australian administration beginning in 1906.

Is Papua New Guinea allies with Australia?

Today, Australia and Papua New Guinea enjoy a strong bilateral relationship where economic growth, cultural understanding and political diplomacy is encouraged and supported. Papua New Guinea is a developing nation with 85\% of its population living and working in farming and agriculture.

When did Australia take German New Guinea?

1914
Australian Fleet entering Simpson Harbour in 1914. The Australian occupation of German New Guinea was the takeover of the Pacific colony of German New Guinea in September – November 1914 by an expeditionary force from Australia, called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.

Who won the battle of Bita Paka?

Australian victory
Battle of Bita Paka

Date	11 September 1914
Location	Bita Paka, south of Kabakaul on New Pomerania, German New Guinea
Result	Australian victory

Is Bougainville still part of Papua New Guinea?

Geographically, culturally, and linguistically, Bougainville is part of the Solomon Islands chain, but became part of Papua New Guinea rather than the British colony of Solomon Islands as an “accident” of late-19th century colonial map-drawing.

When did Queensland annex Papua New Guinea?

By the time the islands were formally annexed by Queensland, in August 1879 (Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879), Douglas was no longer premier. [8] Moore (1984), p. 40; Peter Overlack. “ Queensland ’s Annexation of Papua: A Background to Anglo-German Friction.”

Is Papua New Guinea an Australian territory?

At the time, the government identified Papua and New Guinea as Australian territory, but Prime Minister John Curtin himself was cynical about this in private, telling journalists that New Guinea wasn’t Australia, and that calling it so was just “military strategy”.

When did png gain its independence from Australia?

The first in 1983, less than 10 years after independence. At that time still a lot of Australian “expats” working in government and business. The pilots on Air NiuGini were Aussies or Kiwis. “Political correctness” of the Whitlam Labor government “gave” independence to PNG far too early.

When did Papua New Guinea become self-governing?

From 1951, the Administrator was assisted by an appointed Legislative Council, which in 1964 was replaced by an elected House of Assembly. As a prelude to independence, Papua New Guinea became a self-governing territory on 1 December 1973. http://www.naa.gov.au/collection…