The port was discovered (for Europeans) in 1884 by the German researcher Otto Finsch. In 1885 the German colony of German New Guinea created a town on the site and named it after the discoverer (-hafen = -harbor). Evangelical Lutheran missionaries, organized by Johann Flierl, settled near the town, establishing a Mission station at Simbang, and later at Sattelberg, approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) away. Malaria was the bane of the town from the start. An epidemic in 1891 caused the colonists to briefly leave and only to return and then leave again ten years later in 1901. Other New Guinea towns were favoured instead, especially Rabaul.
During the Second World War Finschhafen was fought over by Japan and Australia, along with the United States. The Japanese first occupied the town on 10 March 1942. Australian forces, as part of US Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's task force, landed nearby and seized the town in October 1943. (See New Guinea campaigns.)
Many of the original houses were destroyed during the war, and the city was re-developed somewhat further away, in the proximity of the military airport built by the Japanese. The airport was established as an important base for the US Army. Today this airport is used for civilian use (designation FIN).
The district is commonly spelled "Finschaffen" in PNG media. The US World War II base is usually written as "Finschafen" and occasionally "Finschaven" is also used.
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finschhafen, district, finschhafen, district, north, east, coast, morobe, province, papua, guinea, named, after, port, town, same, name, finschhafen, satellite, viewlocation, within, papua, guineacoordinates, 850countrypapua, guineaprovincemorobe, provincecapi. Finschhafen is a district on the north east coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea It is named after the port town of the same name Finschhafen Finschhafen DistrictSatellite viewFinschhafen DistrictLocation within Papua New GuineaCoordinates 6 36 S 147 51 E 6 600 S 147 850 E 6 600 147 850CountryPapua New GuineaProvinceMorobe ProvinceCapitalFinschhafenLLGsList Hube Rural LLGKotte Rural LLGGovernment MPRainbo PaitaArea Total2 642 km2 1 020 sq mi Population 2011 census Total54 672 Density21 km2 54 sq mi Time zoneUTC 10 AEST The port was discovered for Europeans in 1884 by the German researcher Otto Finsch In 1885 the German colony of German New Guinea created a town on the site and named it after the discoverer hafen harbor Evangelical Lutheran missionaries organized by Johann Flierl settled near the town establishing a Mission station at Simbang and later at Sattelberg approximately 5 kilometres 3 mi away Malaria was the bane of the town from the start An epidemic in 1891 caused the colonists to briefly leave and only to return and then leave again ten years later in 1901 Other New Guinea towns were favoured instead especially Rabaul During the Second World War Finschhafen was fought over by Japan and Australia along with the United States The Japanese first occupied the town on 10 March 1942 Australian forces as part of US Rear Admiral Daniel E Barbey s task force landed nearby and seized the town in October 1943 See New Guinea campaigns Many of the original houses were destroyed during the war and the city was re developed somewhat further away in the proximity of the military airport built by the Japanese The airport was established as an important base for the US Army Today this airport is used for civilian use designation FIN The district is commonly spelled Finschaffen in PNG media The US World War II base is usually written as Finschafen and occasionally Finschaven is also used External links EditPacific Wrecks information Airport information including map nbsp This Morobe Province geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finschhafen District amp oldid 1002431469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
