Netherlands New Guinea
Netherlands New Guinea (also Dutch New Guinea, Dutch:. Nederlands Nieuw- Guinea; engl Netherlands New Guinea or Dutch New Guinea) was the official name for West New Guinea during the Dutch colonial era. Today, there are the two easternmost provinces of Indonesia: Papua and West Irian Jaya (until 2003 managed together under the name of Irian Jaya ).
History
After some discovery and exploratory trips in the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC ) in 1660 first tried unsuccessfully to seize the resource-rich Guinea. In the 19th century, the Netherlands their property rights in New Guinea was re-iterated and took on 24 August 1828, the region under their rule, a Dutch settlement was established at Fort Du Bus in the Triton Bay. The Dutch government had over the years, the management seats Fakfak, Manokwari and Merauke build. Large parts of the interior remained unexplored. 1885 and 1895 saw British and German, which had occupied the eastern half of New Guinea (present-day Papua New Guinea), belonging to the Dutch East Indies to; the eastern border ran along the 141st meridian.
Until 1949 Dutch New Guinea was governed as part of the Dutch East Indies from the Netherlands. When Indonesia became independent in 1949 with the Indonesian war of independence, and thus the majority of the Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands retained sovereignty over Dutch New Guinea. Steps to prepare it for independence as a separate country should the Netherlands also provide a responsible face as a colonial power. On the dispute over New Guinea, however, broke up in 1954, the Dutch - Indonesian Union. The Dutch policy on the western part of New Guinea, however, was the desire to continue to exercise regional and economic impact on the region mainly influenced by the political relations with Indonesia and. Five thousand teachers were sent. The Netherlands placed the emphasis on political, business and civic skills. The first local midshipmen made their 1955 financial statements and the first Army brigade was operational in 1956.
In the whole of Netherlands New Guinea 1959, elections were held and an elected Raad ( " the Council") took over on April 5, 1961 officially launched the service in order to prepare for independence at the end of the decade. The Dutch agreed to the choice of a new national anthem by the Council and the Morning Star as the new national flag on December 1, 1961.
Indonesia tried the territory by landing troops in 1961 forcibly integrate its territory from the 18th December. This was followed by tensions between Indonesian and Dutch armed forces and the territory was placed under high international pressure in October 1962 under UN administration and then transferred in May 1963 to Indonesia. The territory was officially annexed by Indonesia in 1969 after it had been carried out by the Indonesian military, a controversial Act of Free Choice.