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German New Guinea
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colonial protectorate of the German Empire from 1884 to 1919 comprising the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and its various nearby islands
Key facts
- 1888
- Friedrich III
- 1914
- Eduard Haber
- Status
- Colony of Germany
- Capital
- Finschhafen (1884–1891), Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (1891–1899), Herbertshöhe (1899–1910), Simpsonhafen (1910–1914)
- Common languages
- German (official), Unserdeutsch , Papuan languages , Austronesian Languages
- Government
- Dependent territory under direct rule and protectorates , (after 1899)
- 1884 1888
- Wilhelm I
- 1888 1914
- Wilhelm II
- 1884 1887
- Gustav von Oertzen
- 1899 1901
- Rudolf von Bennigsen
- Historical era
- German colonisation in the Pacific Ocean
- Established
- 3 November 1884
- Direct control established
- 12 February 1899
- Australian occupation
- 17 September 1914
- Japanese occupation
- 29 September 1914
- Treaty of versailles
- 28 June 1919
- Australian mandate commences
- 17 December 1920
- 1912 estimate
- 249,500 km (96,300 sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- colony
- Part of
- German colonial empire
- Has part
- Marshall Islands
- Country
- German Empire
- Contains
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Continent
- Insular Oceania
- Official language
- German
- Currency
- New Guinean mark
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- topic's main category
- Category:German New Guinea
- inception
- 1885-05-17
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1919-06-28
- Commons category
- German New Guinea
- applies to jurisdiction
- German Empire
- replaced by
- Territory of New Guinea
- facet of
- history of Papua New Guinea
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German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) 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 (New Britain, New Ireland and several smaller islands), and the North Solomon Islands were declared a German protectorate in 1885. The Caroline Islands, Palau, and the Mariana Islands (except for Guam) were bought from Spain in 1899. German New Guinea annexed the formerly separate German Protectorate of Marshall Islands, which also included Nauru, in 1906. German Samoa, though part of the German colonial empire, was not part of German New Guinea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “German New Guinea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.