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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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
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

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UNTC supervised Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
Bougainville Island colonialHistory Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
this entity surface form: Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea
Nakanai people colonialHistory Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
this entity surface form: Australian administration of New Guinea
Administrator of Papua and New Guinea represents Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
this entity surface form: Australian Crown in Papua and New Guinea