Territory of New Guinea
Mandate/Trust Territory of Australia (1920-1945)
Location: Melanesia
Capital City: Rabaul (1920-1937), Lae (1937-1942), Wau (1942)
Government type: Australian Territory
Main languages: English, Tok Pisin
Main religions: Protestant Christianity
Chronology
1920: League of Nations places the former German New Guinea under Australian mandate
1942-1945: Occupied by Japan
1945: De facto unified with Papua Territory (continued to exist de jure until 1975)
Currency
Pound (1929-1966)
1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence
Coins from New Guinea in the collection
•1 Penny, 1944 (King George VI (1936-1945), bronze, Melbourne mint, KM#7)
•3 Penny, 1944 (King George VI (1936-1945), cupronickel, KM#10)
•1 Shilling, 1938 (King George VI (1936-1945), silver (.925), Melbourne mint, KM#8)