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====Papua====

====Papua====

On November 6, 1884, a British protectorate was proclaimed over the southern coast of New Guinea (the area called Papua) and its adjacent islands. The protectorate, called British New Guinea, was annexed outright on September 4, 1888. The possession was placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1902. Following the passage of the Papua Act of 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal Australian administration began in 1906. Papua was administered under the Papua Act until the Japanese invaded the northern parts of the islands in 1941 and began to advance on Port Moresby and civil administration was suspended. During the war, The Markham Valley was the first place in the world that great numbers of soldiers were dropped into an active war zone by [[parachute]]. The Allied armies, under the command of General [[Douglas MacArthur]], then liberated the city of Lae from the [[Japan]]ese, and many native New Guineans served with great honour and helped the Allied soldiers (the Japanese had intended to use New Guinea as a base for their planned invasion of Australia).  Papua was governed by a military administration from Port Moresby, where MacArthur occasionally made his headquarters. As noted, it was later joined in an administrative union with New Guinea during 1945-46 following the surrender of Japan.  

On November 6, 1884, a British protectorate was proclaimed over the southern coast of New Guinea (the area called Papua) and its adjacent islands. The protectorate, called British New Guinea, was annexed outright on September 4, 1888. The possession was placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1902. Following the passage of the Papua Act of 1905, British New Guinea became the Territory of Papua, and formal Australian administration began in 1906. Papua was administered under the Papua Act until the Japanese invaded the northern parts of the islands in early 1942 and began to advance on Port Moresby and civil administration was suspended. During the war, The Markham Valley was the first place in the world that great numbers of soldiers were dropped into an active war zone by [[parachute]]. The Allied armies, under the command of General [[Douglas MacArthur]], then liberated the city of Lae from the [[Japan]]ese, and many native New Guineans served with great honour and helped the Allied soldiers (the Japanese had intended to use New Guinea as a base for their planned invasion of Australia).  Papua was governed by a military administration from Port Moresby, where MacArthur occasionally made his headquarters. As noted, it was later joined in an administrative union with New Guinea during 1945-46 following the surrender of Japan.

====Postwar Developments====

====Postwar Developments====