What the records say
- When
- 1920
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- German New Guinea
- Coordinates
- 5.50° S, 145.50° E
- Process
- mandate
- Type
- Mandated territory (by League of Nations or UN)
- Pop
- 400000
- Area km2
- 240870
- Gaining
- Australia
- Losing
- Germany
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
German New Guinea
German colony in northeast New Guinea (1884–1914)
German New Guinea consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups, and was part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, became a German protectorate in 1884. Other island groups were added subsequently. The Bismarck Archipelago, and the North Solomon Islands were declared a German protectorate in 1885.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation