EVENT INFORMATION

1
December
1961

Morning Star flag is raised beside the Dutch flag

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📅 1 December 1961 📍

The New Guinea Council and Dutch officials raised the Papuan Morning Star flag and played the anthem “Hai Tanahku Papua.” The ceremony marked a public claim to Papuan nationhood during Dutch administration; it did not constitute internationally recognized independence.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nicolaas Jouwe

Papuan council members

Organisaties in dit Evenement

New Guinea Council

Netherlands New Guinea administration