User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/New Guinea annexation

British government's refusal to annex New Guinea in 1883 reported widely in the Australian colonial press.

Trove refs Germany's pledge not to annex New Guinea earlier stuff and June and  Dutch took possession of the western part in1828 High commissioner appointed for English section of New Guinea. English still not keen to annex New Guinea Germany's annexation is still in the air Still discussing British annexation. protectorate and more ship despatched to act on making NG a protectorate And see also the trove search