Bougainville Island: Early History, First European Contact, German Period, World War II, Civil War, People and Culture, Island Information

Bougainville island. Early History, First European Contact, German Period, World War II, Civil War, People and Culture, Island Information. Bougainville's close contact with the outside world and its integration into Papua New Guinea are recent. The first permanent Christian mission and first colonial administrative post (under German New Guinea) were established in 1901 and 1905 respectively. Relations were often troubled between Bougainville and central colonial authorities (German New Gu...