   the territory of papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of new guinea from 1883 to 1975. in 1883, the government of queensland annexed this territory for the british empire.commonwealth and colonial law by kenneth roberts-wray, london, stevens, 1966. p. 897 however, the united kingdom government refused to ratify the annexation but in 1884 a protectorate was proclaimed over the territory, then called "british new guinea". there is a certain ambiguity about the exact date on which the entire territory was annexed by the british. however, the papua act, 1905 recites that this happened "on or about&qu
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