Territory of Papua

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Australian-administered territory colonial territory former territory

The Territory of Papua was an Australian-administered colonial territory on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea prior to its later incorporation into modern Papua New Guinea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Territory of Papua canonical	7
Territory of Papua and New Guinea	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian-administered territory ⓘ colonial territory ⓘ former territory ⓘ
adminCenter	Port Moresby ⓘ
administeredBy	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
borderedBy	Coral Sea ⓘ Dutch New Guinea ⓘ Solomon Sea ⓘ Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
capital	Port Moresby ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	Australia (continent) and New Guinea ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currency	Australian pound ⓘ
endDate	1949 ⓘ
endEvent	administrative union with Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
flagUsed	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Imperialism ⓘ World War I era ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era
legalInstrument	Papua Act 1905 ⓘ
legalStatus	external territory of Australia ⓘ
locatedIn	Oceania ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean eastern half of the island of New Guinea ⓘ
mergedInto	Territory of Papua and New Guinea ⓘ
namedAfter	Papua ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Australian colonial empire ⓘ modern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
predecessor	New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited) ⓘ surface form: British New Guinea
region	Southern Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: southern New Guinea
religion	Christianity ⓘ
representedBy	Administrator of Papua and New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Administrator of Papua
sovereignStateDuringExistence	Australia ⓘ
startDate	1906 ⓘ
startEvent	transfer of British New Guinea to Australian administration ⓘ
successor	Papua New Guinea ⓘ Territory of Papua and New Guinea ⓘ
todayPartOf	Papua Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
usedLanguage	Hiri Motu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ various Papuan languages ⓘ
usedLegalSystem	Australian law ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Operation Chronicle → location → Territory of Papua ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → sharesIslandWith → Territory of Papua ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → mergedWith → Territory of Papua ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → borderedBy → Territory of Papua ⓘ

Territory of New Guinea → mergedWith → Territory of Papua ⓘ

Territory of New Guinea → borderedBy → Territory of Papua ⓘ

House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea → country → Territory of Papua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Papua and New Guinea

House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea → legislativeBodyFor → Territory of Papua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Papua and New Guinea

Administrator of Papua and New Guinea → appliesToJurisdiction → Territory of Papua ⓘ