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Aufbewahrungseinheiten:
2202
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Archival history
The courier service of the Federal Foreign Office brought the reading films of the "Imperial Protectorate of German New Guinea" to the Federal Archives.
During a three-month stay in Canberra in 1991, the previously recorded part of the collection was archived. This was preceded by an initial review of the records in 1972.
The aim of the project was to have the German files indexed by a German archivist, while the Australian side filmed the records and handed over a reading film to the Federal Archives. During the indexing process, an attempt was made to make the old provenance statuses recognizable, to keep registry connections transparent and to record the reference numbers in the indexing.
In the meantime (as of 2019), the films have been digitized by the Australian National Archives (https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au) and are available online. They can be searched under series numbers 254 and 255.
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Scope and content
The court system is well documented in numerous individual case files, both with regard to jurisdiction over natives and "Europeans".
The household and treasury system is essentially documented in the records of the governor's main treasury.
The administration can mainly be traced in the files of the district offices of Herbertshöhe, Rabaul, Friedrich Wilhelmshafen and Käwieng, whereby "administration" at that time also included jurisdiction over natives.
Only a few documents from the imperial stations have survived.
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Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration
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Rechteinformation beim Datenlieferanten zu klären.
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National Archives of Australia
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Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek