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Name: Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Type: Polity
Nation: papua-new guinea
Start: 1945
End: 1971
Territory of Papua and New Guinea: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
The Territory of Papua and New Guinea was established by an administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea (the latter being a United Nations trust territory administered by Australia) in 1949. In December 1971, the name of the Territory changed to "Papua New Guinea" .