Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Continent border<br/>
Date: Feb 25, 2003 @ 00:56<br/>
Author: Arif Samad (Arif Samad &lt;fHoiberg@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-333275393">I am not an expert on German territories, but as I<br/>
think somebody wanted to know about the presence in<br/>
Oceania.<br/>
Germany had an impressive presence over Africa and<br/>
Oceania.  In Oceania, they had three areas, that were<br/>
transferred to four different countries and two of<br/>
which does not exist in the same form anymore.  They<br/>
had Papua (or is it New Guinea) while Australia had<br/>
the other portion of the eastern part of the island. <br/>
Australia got the German part after World War I and<br/>
they joined under Australia, later becoming Papua New<br/>
Guinea, the independent country.  Micronesian islands<br/>
at first became Japanese after World War I and<br/>
American after World War II.  Currently there are four<br/>
territories of Northern Marianas, Palau, Marshall<br/>
Islands and Federated States of Micronesia.  The only<br/>
territory to retain its shape actually was jointly<br/>
administered by French and British governments as New<br/>
Hebrides and after independence was named Vanuatu.<br/>
Arif<br/>
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