Papua Act 1905

Papua Act 1905
Parliament of Australia
  • An Act to provide for the acceptance of British New Guinea as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, and for the Government thereof.
CitationPapua Act 1905 (Cth) No. 9 of 1905
Assented to16 November 1905
Commenced1 September 1906
Repealed1 July 1949
Introduced byDeakin Government
Amended by
Papua Acts 1920–1940
Repealed by
Papua and New Guinea Act 1949
Status: Repealed

The Papua Act 1905 was an act of the Parliament of Australia which provided for the Territory of Papua to be organised as a replacement for the former British New Guinea, which had been transferred to Australian control in 1902. The provisions of the new act went into force on 1 September 1906, establishing Papua as the first Australian external territory established pursuant to the constitution of Australia. It formally incorporated Papua as an external territory of Australia and remained in effect until Papua's merger with the Territory of New Guinea with the passage of the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949.

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