New Guinea

Events	Liberation of Australian New Guinea South-West Pacific 1941-1945 South-West Pacific 1942 South-West Pacific 1942-1945 South-West Pacific 1942-43 South-West Pacific 1942-44 South-West Pacific 1943-45 South-West Pacific 1944-45 South-West Pacific 1945
Collection type	Place
Category	State
Hierarchy	Territory of Papua and New Guinea New Guinea

Description

This record is for the "Territory of Papua and New Guinea" for the period 1949 to 1975 which was administered by Australia and covers post WW2 deployments of Australian armed forces to the territory.

The Territory of Papua and New Guinea was established by an administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea in 1949. In 1972, the name of the Territory changed to "Papua New Guinea" and in 1975 it became the independent nation of Papua New Guinea.