German New Guinea - Wikipedia
German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups and was the first part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland , became a German protectorate in 1884.
German New Guinea - New World Encyclopedia
German New Guinea (Ger. Deutsch-Neuguinea) was a former German protectorate from 1884 to 1914 within the German colonial empire, consisting of the northeastern part of New Guinea and several nearby island groups.
German New Guinea - Pacific Colony of Germany from 1884-1919
German New Guinea formed the first portion of the overseas possessions built up by the German Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was operated as a German protectorate between 1884 and 1914, after which time it was taken over by Australian troops.
Allied occupation of German New Guinea - Wikipedia
The Allied occupation of German New Guinea was the takeover of the Pacific colony of German New Guinea in September – November 1914 by an expeditionary force from Australia, called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.
German New Guinea Company - Wikipedia
Flag of the German New Guinea Company (1885–1899). The German New Guinea Company (German: Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie) was a German Chartered Company which exploited insular territory in and near present Papua New Guinea.
German New Guinea | GermanStamps.net
German New Guinea was quickly conquered by Australian forces at the outbreak of WWI, and as with all of Germany’s colonial possessions at the time, it was not returned to German control following the war. Instead, it became a League of Nations Protectorate under Australian control.
German New Guinea - AcademiaLab
German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) was a German protectorate from 1884 to 1914, consisting of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups. It was the beginning of the German colonial Empire.
Stewart Firth's New Guinea under the Germans (Melbourne University Press 1982) are a product of the conviction that it is the treatment of evidence rather than the palatability of judgements or the artistic style which counts in historiography.
Capture of German New Guinea - Australian War Memorial
A mixed military force, called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, was raised and sent to seize German New Guinea. Units of the Royal Australian Navy escorted the force. On 11 September it landed at Rabaul, the capital of German New Guinea.
The German rule of parts of New Guinea stretched from 1884 to around 1921, and therefore only lasted 35 years, an extremely short period of time compared to many British, Dutch and French colonial rules.