| LC control no. | n 81034916 |
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| Geographic heading | New Guinea (Territory) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Papua New Guinea--New Guinea (Territory) |
| See also | German New Guinea Papua New Guinea |
| Found in | Wikipedia, Aug. 9, 2012 (Territory of New Guinea was the Australia-controlled, League of Nations-mandated territory in the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea, and surrounding islands, between 1920 and 1949; the southeastern part of the island of New Guinea was a separate Australian colony, the Territory of Papua, until 1949; the Australian mandate was based on the previous German New Guinea, which was captured and occupied by Australian forces in 1914; the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949 united the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea; on 15 September 1975, the Territory became the independent nation of Papua New Guinea) |
| Geographic area code | a-pp--- |
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