New Guinea,Trust Territory of

New Guinea,Trust Territory of
New Guinea, Trust Territory of
A former trust territory of Australia consisting of northeast New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Placed under Australian jurisdiction after World War II, it was gradually broken up between 1963 and 1973.

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