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44-687: The Morobe Province takes its name from former German administration center of Morobe southeast of the Lae. Under German administration, Morobe (meaning post) was named Adolfhafen for the German Deutsch Neuguinea-Kompagnie's Adolf von Hansemann and German word hafen ( heɪfən ) meaning port) and was an outpost of the Deutsch Neuguinea-Kompagnie era. It was located close to the border of British New Guinea. While there have been various attempts to examine

88-520: A B-26 Marauder had repercussions throughout the Pacific theater. Sent as an observer, with instructions to report up the line to Roosevelt, to Congress, and to the Navy brass that the conditions in the Pacific were deplorable, the men had third–rate equipment to fight Japan's first class planes. The effort needed another 6,800 trained and experienced men, plus better supplies, provisions, and generally

132-610: A Member of the National Parliament . There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate. German New Guinea Company The German New Guinea Company ( German : Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie ) was a German Chartered Company which exploited insular territory in and near present Papua New Guinea . In the 1870s and 1880s German commercial firms began to site trading stations in New Guinea . Agents of J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn reached

176-601: A Mission station at Sattelberg , 700 metres (2,297 ft) in the highlands. In 1890 and 1891, he built the Sattelberg Mission Station there and constructed a road approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) between the station and the Finsch harbor ( Finschhafen ), which cut the traveling time from three days to five hours. In 1885, Lutheran and Catholic congregations sent clergy to establish missions, who experienced moderate, but very slow, success with

220-627: A governor, who was assisted after 1904 by a nominated Government Council. When the Imperial Government took over the running of the colony in 1899, its overriding objective was rapid economic development, based on a German- controlled plantation economy. In April 1911, Dr Wegener , director of the Meteorological Observatory in Apia , stated he was on his way to German New Guinea, to make preliminary arrangements for

264-719: A higher priority in the war effort. The Lae War Cemetery is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in the center of the city of Lae. The cemetery was begun in 1944 by the Australian Army Graves Services, and the Commonwealth Graves Commission assumed responsibility for it in 1947. The Lae Memorial commemorates 300 men of the Australian forces (including Merchant Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, and

308-590: A series of journeys by balloon across the mainland, the purpose of which was to make aerial surveys. In late 1913, the Imperial Colonial Office appointed Hermann Detzner to lead an expedition to survey the border between the British protectorate, called Papua and the German territory and to survey and map the interior. Detzner, an Austrian, was a military surveyor. The expedition set off along

352-494: Is commonly misspelt as Finschafen or Finschaven . During World War II, the town was also referred to as Fitch Haven in the logs of some U.S. Navy men. The area was charted by the British navigator Captain John Moresby in 1873–74. Finschhafen was surveyed in 1884 by the German scientist and explorer Otto Finsch who gave his name to the town. A town was built in 1885 as part of the colony of German New Guinea and

396-464: Is part of the Australasian realm . Through eco-tourism , the province capitalizes on its spectacular scenery, readily accessible diving locales, and its mountains and jungles to offer tourists rich experiences in coral reef, rain forest, sub-alpine and alpine and tropical habitats. The province's jungles and forests are also popular for viewing over 1,000 of species of birds and mammals, including

440-611: The Austronesian family of languages predominate. However, in some inland areas such as Wau, both Kâte and Yabem were introduced by mission groups coming from different directions. Today, English, and especially Pidgin English , are the common urban languages in Lae. The Province sends nine members to the national parliament , and has 14 members of the Tutumang the provincial assembly. Tutumang means "the coming together," and

484-771: The Bismarck Archipelago from the Caroline Islands in 1872. In 1875 Hersheim & Company moved to the Archipelago. In 1884, the New Guinea Company was founded in Berlin by Adolph von Hansemann and a syndicate of German bankers for the purpose of colonizing and exploiting resources on Neuguinea ( German New Guinea ), where German interest grew after British Queensland 's annexation of part of eastern New Guinea . This expedition

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528-687: The Trans-New Guinea language family . During the 20th century, two well-studied local languages, Kâte and Yabem , were used for the purposes of evangelisation by the Lutheran Church, based in Finschhafen . In theory, Kâte was intended for use in the mountainous hinterlands, where Papuan languages are spoken, and Yabem in coastal and lowland areas, particularly along the coast and in the Markham Valley, where speakers of

572-507: The Archipelago. In 1884, the German New Guinea Company was founded in Berlin by Adolph von Hansemann , Dr Otto Finsch and a syndicate of German bankers for the purpose of colonizing and exploiting resources on Neu Guinea ( German New Guinea ), where German interest grew after British Queensland 's annexation of part of eastern New Guinea . Von Hansemann's task was to select land for plantation development on

616-522: The Australian Army) who lost their lives and have no known grave. It contains 2300–2800 burials, of which 444 are unidentified. After the World War 2, Morobe Province was in a neglected state with the main economic activity being the collection and sale of war disposal equipment. The expatriate population looked at expanding the agricultural sector. The Australian Minister of Territories

660-833: The Langimar-Watut divide, and traveled by raft down the Watut River to its junction with the Markham River , and on to the Lutheran Mission station at Gabmadzung On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. As World War I spread to the Pacific, Australian troops invaded German New Guinea, taking the German barracks in Herbertshöhe (present day Kokopo ) and forcing the defending German colonial troops to capitulate on 21 September after their defeat at Bita Paka . On 6 August 1914, residents of

704-541: The Markham, Rawlinson Ranges, and explores around the Markham mouth, and meet up with people along the coast; who according to him seem to have met white men before. In the 1870s and 1880s German commercial firms began to site trading stations in New Guinea . Agents of J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn reached the Bismarck Archipelago from the Caroline Islands in 1872. In 1875 Hernsheim & Company moved to

748-573: The Morobe Province depends on the production and harvesting of cocoa , coffee , copra and sugar , and tropical fruits (bananas, coconuts). Oil and gas industries are emerging, as is new mining and energy industry. Deteriorating roads and the lack of manufacturing and transportation/communication infrastructure impedes economic development. The Hidden Valley mine is a gold and silver mine built by Harmony Gold from South Africa over 2006 to mid-2009, with Newcrest from Australia buying into

792-545: The Pacific including Yap , Nauru , Samoa , and at Bita Paka , in German New Guinea. The German protectorate was overrun by British-Australian troops. In 1918, as part of the settlements ending World War I , Kaiser-Wilhemsland was administered by the Commonwealth of Australia , a British dominion . In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the other territories that comprised German New Guinea (New Pomerania and

836-545: The Protectorate were notified by proclamation that a state of war existed between Germany, and England, France and Russia. During this time Detzner continued surveying and avoiding allied forces. On 11 November 1918, Detzner was advised that the war had ended and surrendered himself at Finschafen complete with sword and sun helmet. He was interned at Sydney and returned to Germany. Under German New Guinea, powerful wireless stations were constructed at strategic points in

880-743: The Province maintains that name for its assembly, as is permitted under the Organic Law on Provincial Government and Local Government. From the 2022 National Election the Morobe Governor is Luther Wenge . Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units. The province

924-581: The Province. The former German administrative center, Adolfhaven, was renamed the Morobe Patrol Post and a Sub-District headquarters established in Kaiapit and Kainantu and District headquarters established in Lae and patrol posts established in Wantoat and other areas in the province During the 1960s the kiap became more like a magistrate , moving away from law enforcement . Morobe province

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968-455: The colourful emperor bird of paradise , the flightless cassowary and varieties of macropods , including the tree-kangaroo and over 15,000 species of plants. The Huon Peninsula, which comprises most of the provincial land-mass, is a unique montane eco-region that offers a variety of plants and conditions found nowhere else in the world. Its coral reefs and volcanic inlets are home to thousands of species of fish and oceanic life that thrive in

1012-725: The establishment of a German protectorate in the New Britain Archipelago and north-eastern New Guinea. In 1885 and 1887, Johann Flierl established missionary stations in Simbang and Timba Island . After malaria epidemics in 1889 and again in 1891 killed almost half of the European settlers on the coast in Finschhafen, many of the Europeans moved toward Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (now Madang ). Flierl established

1056-613: The fall of Lae on September 16, 1943, in Operation Postern . The campaign was notable not only for its classic defense maneuvers at the Landing at Nadzab and the brutal hand-to-hand combat at Salamaua; Lyndon B. Johnson , the 36th President of the United States, saw his sole 13 minutes of combat on a bombing mission over Lae. Although the plane he was supposed to fly was shot down, with no survivors, his flight in

1100-644: The final months of the war in the Australian-American New Guinea campaign . District officers and patrol officers, known as Kiaps provided administrative functions as a one-man representative of the government, taking on policing and judicial roles as well as more mundane tasks as completing censuses. The Kiaps were commissioned as officers of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and Magistrates. Patrol posts were established in populated areas around

1144-611: The history of Morobe Province, the works of Ian Willis and Phillip Holzknecht can be summarised below; The largest part of northeastern New Guinea in German New Guinea ( German : Deutsch-Neuguinea ) was called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland , named in honour of Wilhelm II , the German Emperor and King of Prussia . From 1884 until 1918, the territory was a protectorate of the German Empire The coastline of

1188-517: The indigenous peoples. Missionaries and plantation owners alike were limited by tropical diseases, travel, and communication barriers. German colonial rule in New Guinea lasted for a period of thirty years, For the first fifteen years the colony was administered under imperial charters by a private company, in the manner of the old British and Dutch East India company . From 1899 to 1914, the Imperial Government administered German New Guinea through

1232-576: The interior had not been mapped. Since then, Papuan gold prospectors had crossed into German territory which, from the German perspective, made the accuracy of the border essential. The first European to spend any length of time in Morobe was Russian biologist Nicolai Miklouho-Maclay . He arrived at Astrolabe Bay, south of the present site of Madang, in 1871 and stayed for 15 months before leaving to regain his health, 1874 John Moresby on HMS Basilisk sails along Huon Gulf and names Parsee Point (Salamaua),

1276-713: The islands of the Bismarck Archipelago) were administered by the Commonwealth of Australia. Beginning in 1920, Australia, under a mandate from the League of Nations , governed the former German territory of New Guinea. It was administered under this mandate until the Japanese invasion in December 1941 ( Operation Mo ). Most of the territory of New Guinea, was occupied by Japanese forces before recapture during

1320-408: The islands off the coast. The Neuguinea Compagnie expedition left Sydney for New Guinea in the steamer Samoa captained by Eduard Dallmann . On 19 August, Chancellor Bismarck ordered the establishment of a German protectorate in the New Britain Archipelago and north-eastern New Guinea. German colonial rule in New Guinea lasted for a period of thirty years, For the first fifteen years the colony

1364-484: The north-east coast of New Guinea and establish trading posts. Its influence soon grew to encompass the entire north-eastern part of New Guinea and some of the islands off the coast. Most of the German settlers to Kaiser-Wilhelmsland were plantation owners, miners, and government functionaries, and the number of European settlers, including non-Germans, was never very high. On 19 August 1884, Chancellor Bismarck ordered

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1408-437: The northern and eastern portions of New Guinea had been charted by navigators in the early 17th century, and the visible mountain ranges named by British admiralty navigators later in the century. Most German surveying efforts had focused on coastal regions and river basins, where Germans had established plantations. The boundary between Papua and Kaiser Wilhelmsland had been established by a joint British-German expedition in 1909,

1452-401: The passenger boat MV Rabaul Queen , which had 350 or more passengers on board, sank 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) away from the town, killing six people, injuring seven, and leaving at least 100 but possibly over 300 missing. Finschhafen has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. Unlike many places in Papua New Guinea, Finschhafen and

1496-475: The population (children) depend on twenty percent of the population (adults) for economic support, and population continues to grow at about 2.8 percent per year, which is higher than other developing countries. The population of Morobe speak over 100 languages, representing 27 language families. The majority of the indigenous Papuan languages of Morobe Province belong to the Finisterre-Huon branch of

1540-562: The project in mid-2008 to form the Morobe Mining Joint Venture or ‘MMJV’ (shared 50-50%). The MMJV operates the Hidden Valley mine and all exploration work on MMJV tenements, which includes the large Wafi-Golpu copper-gold deposit. The relative youth of the Morobe province population puts an increasing strain on schools and education services to combat illiteracy and its accompanying problems. Eight percent of

1584-564: The reefs and wrecks. In 2009, the YUS Conservation Area has been established in the northern part of the Huon Peninsula . YUS stretches over 760 km and includes three rivers: Yopno, Uruwa and Som, after which it was named. It is a critical habitat for the endangered matschie's tree-kangaroo . Morobe Province's economy has grown at the rate of approximately two percent per annum since 2006. The economic base of

1628-483: Was Mr. Eddie Ward who refused to allow any land purchases. Following a change of government, Mr. Percy Spender changed this policy, and the introduction of the Ex-Servicemen's Credit Scheme resulted in a significant increase in agricultural activity through all of the country. In 1970 mineral exports were a mere 1 percent of total exports. Within 2 years, this figure had risen to 55 percent. Papua New Guinea

1672-443: Was a key campaign site during World War II. The Japanese had established strong supply bases in the towns of Lae and Salamaua in 1942. The Salamaua-Lae campaign of the following year was a series of actions in which the Australian and United States forces sought to capture the two Japanese bases. The campaign to take the area began with the Australian attack on Japanese positions near Mubo, on 22 April 1943 and ended with

1716-416: Was administered under imperial charters by a private company, in the manner of the old British and Dutch East India companies , but with far less success. From 1899 to 1914, the Imperial Government administered German New Guinea through a governor, who was assisted after 1904 by a nominated Government Council. When the Imperial Government took over the running of the colony in 1899, its overriding objective

1760-404: Was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea . The province and each district is represented by

1804-462: Was named after the discoverer (-hafen = -harbour). In 1886, Johann Flierl and two other Lutheran missionaries settled in the area, creating a Mission station at Simbang. A malaria epidemic in 1891 caused the town to be abandoned by the German plantation owners and government officials. It was resettled afterward and was claimed by the Germans in 1894. It was finally abandoned in 1901. Finschhafen

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1848-532: Was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army on 10 March 1942 during World War II. Australian forces recaptured the town at the Battle of Sattelberg during the Huon Peninsula campaign on 2 October 1943. The US built Naval Base Finschhafen in 1943-1944. The city is served by Finschhafen Airport , built by US military during WW2; it has no scheduled air service as of 2023. On 2 February 2012,

1892-500: Was rapid economic development, based on a German- controlled plantation economy. This German history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Papua New Guinea -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Finschhafen Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea . The town

1936-481: Was with the knowledge and blessing of the German Chancellor, Count Otto von Bismarck , and with secrecy and speed an expedition was fitted out under Dr Otto Finsch , ornithologist and explorer. His task was to select land for plantation development on the north-east coast of New Guinea and establish trading posts. Its influence soon grew to encompass the entire north-eastern part of New Guinea and some of

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