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British New Guinea

British possession on the island of New Guinea
AdministrativeArea protectorate Q2645837
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Summary

British New Guinea is a protectorate[1]. It draws 545 Wikipedia views per month (protectorate category, ranking #20 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: crown colony[3]
  • Capital: Port Moresby[4]
  • Commons category: British New Guinea[5]
  • Inception: October 21, 1884[6]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: March 18, 1902[7]
  • Replaced by: Territory of Papua[8]

Why It Matters

British New Guinea is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Replaced by → Territory of Papua
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'nl', 'tr']
    Inception → +1884-10-21T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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