The Development of a Cattle Industry in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

Abstract

In common with Australia, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea had no indigenous cattle. The first importations of cattle were made prior to World War I, when the Territory of New Guinea was under German Administration. The early importations into German New Guinea were mostly of the Jersey and Guernsey breeds, and the influence of these breeds was seen in New Guinea cattle prior to World War II. (Hutchinson 1941.)