However, the Queensland government's superiors in the United Kingdom revoked the claim, and (formally) assumed direct responsibility in 1884, when Germany claimed north-eastern New Guinea as the protectorate of German New Guinea (also called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland).
Pero, as autoridades superiores do goberno de Queensland no Reino Unido revogaron a reclamación, e (formalmente) asumiron a responsabilidade directa en 1884, cando Alemaña reclamou o nordeste de Nova Guinea como protectorado, a Nova Guinea Alemá (tamén chamada Kaiser-Wilhelmsland).