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Dutch New Guinea

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Dutch New Guinea: see Papua Papua , Irian Jaya , or West Papua, province (1990 pop. 1,641,430, including West Irian Jaya), c.162,000 sq mi (419,580 sq km, including West Irian Jaya), Indonesia.
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To quote her court biography: "In 1951, she and her mother moved to Dutch New Guinea (now Irian Jaya).
The first part to be colonized was Dutch New Guinea, West Papua in 1828 (though this remained a mere legal claim for a long time) and the last the New Hebrides in 1906 as a French and English Condominium.
When Hollandia was taken the detachment there assumed responsibility for Dutch New Guinea while the Oro Bay detachment looked after Papua and New Guinea.
 
 
 
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