Australian New Guinea Production Control Board
1942 – 1946
Wartime board that controlled the production and marketing of plantation crops, chiefly copra and rubber, from plantations in Papua and New Guinea while the territories were under military administration.
How it came into existence
Set up in 1942 under National Security regulations, after civil administration in Papua and New Guinea was suspended, to take control of plantations abandoned or left unmanaged by their owners and keep them producing for the war effort. It was a new body with no Commonwealth predecessor.
How it ended
Wound up in about 1946 after civil administration resumed under the Papua-New Guinea Provisional Administration and plantations were returned to their owners.
Main functions
- Control of plantation production in Papua and New Guinea
- Management of abandoned plantations
- Marketing of copra and rubber for the war effort
- Coordination with the military administration on plantation labour
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of External Territories.
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Sources
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