Deutsche Neu-Guinea Compagnie

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The Deutsche Neu-Guinea Compagnie, German for German New Guinea Copany, was a German Chartered Company which exploited territory in and near present Papua New Guinea.

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History

In 1884, the New Guinea Company was founded in Berlin for the purpose of colonising and exploiting resources on Neu Guinea (German New Guinea), where German interest grew after British Queensland's annexation of part of eastern New Guinea.

Its influence soon grew to encompass the entire north-eastern part of New Guinea and some of the islands off the coast.

The Imperial German Government took official control in 1899.

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