Dutch New Guinea

What I did not know were the circumstances of her father's death, although she did mention later a detail or two about how his plane had crashed in a remote valley of Dutch New Guinea nicknamed "Shangri-la" and how his remains were still there in the wreckage in that faraway place.

Carol Muske-Dukes: Lost in Shangri-La Carol Muske-Dukes 2011

What I did not know were the circumstances of her father's death, although she did mention later a detail or two about how his plane had crashed in a remote valley of Dutch New Guinea nicknamed "Shangri-la" and how his remains were still there in the wreckage in that faraway place.

Carol Muske-Dukes: Lost in Shangri-La Carol Muske-Dukes 2011

In World War II, he was assigned as a weather forecaster to Dutch New Guinea, a South Pacific island.

Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007

On grounds of conscience they resisted surrendering Dutch New Guinea, saying that would only abandon a primitive people to a new colonialism.

Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

On grounds of conscience they resisted surrendering Dutch New Guinea, saying that would only abandon a primitive people to a new colonialism.

Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

On grounds of conscience they resisted surrendering Dutch New Guinea, saying that would only abandon a primitive people to a new colonialism.

Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

"Sorry, of course you'd know President Sukarno took over Dutch New Guinea in, May."

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

I've seen a good many lucky escapes in my day -- a man who has travelled the out-of-the-way places of the world from the Yukon and the White Nile down to the headwaters of the Fly River in the snow-mountains of Dutch New Guinea does see a bit of life -- but the way that fat chap upset himself into the sand was the most wonderful piece of good fortune I ever came across.

The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

Among the Nufoors of Dutch New Guinea persons who are related to each other by marriage are forbidden to mention each other’s names.

Chapter 22. Tabooed Words. § 2. Names of Relations tabooed 1922

” The superstition is current all over the East Indies without exception, and it is found also among the Motu and Motumotu tribes, the Papuans of Finsch Haven in North New Guinea, the Nufoors of Dutch New Guinea, and the Melanesians of the Bismarck Archipelago.

Chapter 22. Tabooed Words. § 1. Personal Names tabooed 1922