Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
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The Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration was a former United Nations trust territory in the Pacific, governed by Australia after World War II until its integration into the independent state of Papua New Guinea.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations trust territory
→
dependent territory → former territory → |
| administeredBy | Australia → |
| administeringPower | Commonwealth of Australia → |
| borderedBy |
West Papua
→
surface form: "Dutch New Guinea"
Territory of Papua → |
| capital | Port Moresby → |
| category |
Former United Nations trust territories
→
Former colonies in Oceania → |
| colonialPower | Australia → |
| commonLanguage |
Hiri Motu
NERFINISHED
→
Tok Pisin → |
| continent | Oceania → |
| country | Papua New Guinea → |
| currency |
Australian dollar
→
Australian pound → |
| decolonizationProcess | UN-supervised decolonization in the Pacific → |
| endEvent |
independence of Papua New Guinea
→
integration into Papua New Guinea → |
| ethnicGroup |
Austronesian peoples
→
Papuan peoples → |
| flagBearer | Australia → |
| governingBody |
Administrator of Papua and New Guinea
→
Australian colonial administration → |
| historicalRegion | German New Guinea → |
| judicialSystem | Australian-style common law system → |
| legalStatus |
UN Trust Territory
→
surface form: "United Nations Trust Territory under Chapter XII of the UN Charter"
|
| legislature | House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea → |
| locatedIn |
Melanesia
→
Pacific Ocean → |
| locatedOn |
New Guinea
→
surface form: "island of New Guinea"
|
| mergedResult |
Territory of New Guinea
→
surface form: "Territory of Papua and New Guinea"
|
| mergedWith | Territory of Papua → |
| officialLanguage | English → |
| oversightBody |
Trusteeship Council
→
surface form: "United Nations Trusteeship Council"
|
| partOf |
Australian territories
→
surface form: "Australian external territories"
UN Trust Territory →
surface form: "United Nations trust territory system"
|
| politicalSystem | parliamentary system under Australian oversight → |
| predecessor |
Territory of New Guinea
→
surface form: "League of Nations mandate of New Guinea"
Territory of New Guinea → |
| purpose | preparation for self-government and independence → |
| religion | Christianity → |
| sharesIslandWith | Territory of Papua → |
| startEvent | establishment as UN trust territory → |
| status | non-self-governing territory → |
| successor | Papua New Guinea → |
| supervisedBy | United Nations → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bougainville Island
→
colonialHistory
→
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
→
this entity surface form: "Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea"
subject surface form: "United Nations Trusteeship Council"