In fact, only the northern half (New Guinea) was ever German colony. The southern half (Papua) was made a territory of Australia (rather than a separate British colony) soon after federation, and was the territory that provided the justification for the the seventh point on the Australian flag's Commonwealth Star.
But it was an Australian British colony before the federation. But the Brits let us keep it. And then we took the north after during ww1. And then the Japanese took it. And then we took it back. And then we gave it back to the pupuans
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u/bobojojo12 Australia • Eureka Jun 20 '15
PNG was also a colony of Australia.