Editing History of Papua New Guinea (section)

==The Territory of Papua and New Guinea==
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Following the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, civil administration of Papua as well as New Guinea was restored, and under the [[Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act]], (1945–46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.

The [[Papua and New Guinea Act 1949]] formally approved the placing of New Guinea under the [[United Nations Trusteeship Council|international trusteeship system]] and confirmed the administrative union under the title of '''The Territory of Papua and New Guinea'''. The Act provided for a Legislative Council (established in 1951), a judicial organization, a public service, and a system of local government, with Sir [[Donald Cleland]] as administrator. Cleland remained in the position until his retirement in 1967, and lived in Port Moresby until his death in 1975.<ref>H. N. Nelson, 'Cleland, Sir Donald Mackinnon (1901–1975)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 440–441.</ref> The [[House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea]] replaced the Legislative Council in 1963, and after elections on 15 February, opened on 8 June 1964. In 1972, the name of the territory was changed to '''Papua New Guinea'''.
Australia's change of policy towards Papua New Guinea largely commenced with the invitation from the Australian Government to the World Bank to send a mission to the Territory to advise on measures to be taken towards its economic development and political preparation.  The mission's report, The Economic Development of the Territory of Papua New Guinea, published in 1964, set out the framework upon which much of later economic policy, up to and beyond independence, proceeded.