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| | Papua New Guinea - History |
 | | The police of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland reported that between 1874, and 1883, at least 247 escaped prisoners and 'expirees' were known to have landed in Australia. |
 | | A new administration, that of Disraeli, had just come into office in Great Britain, with Lord Carnarvon as Colonial Secretary, and, had there been a clear intimation of what was wanted, there was nothing to prevent the annexation of the whole of Papua except the western portion, where the Dutch were. |
 | | From that date until the Commonwealth came into being the administration of British New Guinea was carried on by Queensland, at the joint expense of the six colonies. |
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