'Hoisting the British Flag in New Guinea, 1883: Mr Chester, Queensland Magistrate, Calling for Three Cheers', (1901). British civil servant Henry Marjoribanks Chester (1832-1914) proclaims the sovereignty of Queen Victoria. Chester annexed the island of New Guinea on behalf of the Queensland Government on on 4 April 1883. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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