League of Nations mandate under Australian administration

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The League of Nations mandate under Australian administration was an international trusteeship arrangement that placed former German New Guinea under Australian control after World War I, with Australia governing the territory on behalf of the League rather than as a sovereign colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
international trusteeship arrangement ⓘ
administeredBy Australia ⓘ
administeredFrom Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
administeredOnBehalfOf League of Nations ⓘ
allowedAdministratorTo exploit natural resources subject to League oversight ⓘ
appliedToTerritory former German New Guinea ⓘ
basedOn Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
capitalOfMandatedTerritory Rabaul ⓘ
didNotConfer full sovereignty on Australia ⓘ
endDate 1946 ⓘ
endedBecauseOf dissolution of League of Nations ⓘ
geographicLocation Southwest Pacific ⓘ
governedBy Australian civil administration subsequently ⓘ
Australian military administration initially ⓘ
includedRegion Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
Northeastern New Guinea mainland ⓘ
several outlying Pacific islands ⓘ
legalStatusOfAdministration trusteeship rather than sovereignty ⓘ
mandateClass Class C mandate ⓘ
obligedAdministratorTo promote welfare of inhabitants ⓘ
report annually to League of Nations ⓘ
partOf League of Nations mandates system ⓘ
politicalLegacy precursor to Territory of Papua and New Guinea under Australian administration ⓘ
populationIncluded indigenous Papuan and Melanesian peoples ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
resultOf World War I ⓘ
startDate 1920 ⓘ
succeededTerritory German New Guinea ⓘ
supervisedBy Permanent Mandates Commission ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German New Guinea → legalStatusAfterWWI → League of Nations mandate under Australian administration ⓘ
Huli people → historicalContact → Australian colonial administration ⓘ
linked to: League of Nations mandate under Australian administration
New Ireland Island → wasAdministeredBy → Australia under League of Nations mandate ⓘ
linked to: League of Nations mandate under Australian administration