Reading the proclamation of annexation, Mr Lawe's house, Port Moresby, New Guinea, November 1884 / photographer John Paine or Augustine E. Dyer
In 1883, the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia, annexed the south-east of the island of New Guinea, in response to the German annexation of the north-east. The British Government revoked the annexation and annexed it themselves as part of the British Empire, the Papuans having no say in the politics between the two. Little more than twenty years later, the German light cruiser Emden, which protected Germany's interests in the South Pacific, was sunk by the cruiser HMAS Sydney of the new Australian Navy.
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Reading the proclamation of annexation, Mr Lawe's house, Port Moresby, New Guinea, November 1884 / photographer John Paine or Augustine E. Dyer
In 1883, the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia, annexed the south-east of the island of New Guinea, in response to the German annexation of the north-east. The British Government revoked the annexation and annexed it themselves as part of the British Empire, the Papuans having no say in the politics between the two. Little more than twenty years later, the German light cruiser Emden, which protected Germany's interests in the South Pacific, was sunk by the cruiser HMAS Sydney of the new Australian Navy.
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Find more detailed information about this photograph: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=931235
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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au