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New Guinea Koerier Hekelt Australische “progressiviteit” in Nieuw-Guinea

Abstract

‘New Guinea Courier Heckles Australian “progressiveness” in New Guinea’ attacked attempts to Australian unions to reprise the black bans on Dutch ships during the Indonesian Revolution. Crying hypocrisy, the report commented on how both wharfies and the Australian government were acting as if Australia was not itself a colonial power. West New Guinea under the Dutch had autonomy, including financial autonomy, and economic development. Subjects from Dutch New Guinea could buy alcohol and go to university, but none of this was the case in the Australian territory

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