German New Guinea

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German colony former colony historical territory

German New Guinea was a former German colonial territory in the western Pacific, encompassing parts of present-day Papua New Guinea and several nearby island groups, that existed from the late 19th century until World War I.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
German New Guinea canonical	20
German New Guinea (Marshall Islands district)	1
German New Guinea (as colonial administration)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical territory ⓘ
administeredBy	Imperial German Colonial Office ⓘ
capital	Herbertshöhe ⓘ Rabaul ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of German New Guinea ⓘ
colonialPower	German Empire ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	German Empire ⓘ
currency	German mark ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	World War I ⓘ
economyBasedOn	copra production ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ
endTime	1919 ⓘ
establishedBy	German Empire ⓘ
event	League of Nations mandate redistribution ⓘ annexation of northeastern New Guinea by Germany ⓘ
firstGovernor	Gustav von Oertzen NERFINISHED ⓘ
flag	Flag of German East Africa ⓘ surface form: Flag of German New Guinea
formerColonyOf	Germany ⓘ
governingOfficialTitle	Governor of German New Guinea ⓘ
includesTerritoryOf	Admiralty Islands ⓘ Bougainville Island ⓘ Caroline Islands ⓘ Mariana Islands ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ Nauru ⓘ New Britain ⓘ New Ireland ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands (northern part)
language	German ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ
laterGovernor	Albert Hahl ⓘ
legalStatusAfterWWI	League of Nations mandate under Australian administration ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorPort	Rabaul ⓘ
notableEvent	Australian occupation in 1914 ⓘ
partOf	German colonial empire ⓘ
presentIn	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ indigenous religions ⓘ
startTime	1884 ⓘ
successor	Territory of New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea Japanese South Pacific Mandate ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Mandate Territory of New Guinea ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German Empire → hadColony → German New Guinea ⓘ

Bougainville Island → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

Imperial German Navy → overseasBase → German New Guinea ⓘ

Bismarck Archipelago → historicalRegion → German New Guinea ⓘ

Jaluit Atoll → wasAdministrativeCenterOf → German New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: German New Guinea (Marshall Islands district)

New Britain → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → historicalRegion → German New Guinea ⓘ

Bougainvilleans → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

South Seas Mandate → predecessor → German New Guinea ⓘ

Second Reich → hadColony → German New Guinea ⓘ

Territory of New Guinea → establishedFrom → German New Guinea ⓘ

Territory of New Guinea → predecessor → German New Guinea ⓘ

Nukumanu → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

Mandated Islands → predecessor → German New Guinea ⓘ

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → predecessor → German New Guinea ⓘ

Western Islands → hasHistoricalAffiliation → German New Guinea ⓘ

German–Spanish Treaty (1899) → successorSovereign → German New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: German New Guinea (as colonial administration)

Hermit Islands → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

Woleai Atoll → formerCountry → German New Guinea ⓘ

Nakanai people → colonialHistory → German New Guinea ⓘ

Neumecklenburg → partOf → German New Guinea ⓘ

Neumecklenburg → historicalTerritoryOf → German New Guinea ⓘ