Chapter 82 Heading to Australian New Guinea (Subscribe Please!)

April 19, 1901.

After a few days of rest, Arthur was busy again. This time the destination was New Guinea, north of Australia, which is now Australian New Guinea.

This was the first time Arthur had visited and inspected the New Guinea colony since it was taken over by Australia.

It was not that Arthur did not value this land, but there were too many busy things in Australia, so Arthur had no time to manage this land.

The total population of Australian New Guinea was less than one million, and most of them were indigenous people on the island.

Most of the indigenous people on these islands lived in isolated tribes, maintained their own unique customs, and rarely communicated with the outside world.

This also led to the birth of many taboo cultures on this land, such as the terrifying existence of cannibals that made people shudder.

If we only look at population and economy, the importance of this land is greatly reduced, and there is almost no development potential.

However, the rich mineral resources and superior geographical location on the island made up for this gap, making New Guinea a treasure land that the British Empire, the German Empire and the Dutch colonists scrambled for.

After handing over the control of British New Guinea to Australia, the land once again saw a tripartite situation, with the west controlled by the Dutch East Indies colony and the northeast controlled by the New Guinea colony of the German Empire.

And the southeast, of course, was the Australian New Guinea colony controlled by Australia.

The reason why Arthur agreed to continue to maintain the status of the New Guinea colony was that the land of New Guinea was indeed more suitable to continue to be a colony.

In terms of population size, although it has a population of more than 900,000, most of them are local indigenous people, and there are only less than 10,000 European immigrants.

These indigenous people are all independent tribes that are difficult to assimilate. Although they are not enough to threaten Australia's rule, their taboo culture is definitely not something Australia can change.

At the port, Arthur was greeted by the first governor of Australian New Guinea, Anibal Enrique Hernandez.

Anibal Enrique Hernandez is one of the talents that Duke Arthur left for Arthur. After being appointed as the Governor of New Guinea, he has been working diligently and has not shown any self-indulgence.

In Australian New Guinea, far away from home, as the Governor with the greatest power, Anibal Enrique Hernandez's performance naturally won Arthur's trust.

When they stepped onto the port, most of the staff of the Governor's Office were basically present.

Everyone was looking forward to Arthur, but at the same time they were a little uneasy.

Some officials of the Governor's Office were the original people left over from British New Guinea. Most of them chose to settle down in this land and have become real immigrants and residents of this land.

After Australia took control of this land, they could only choose to continue to accept Australia's rule and become an Australian.

Skipping the welcome ceremony, Arthur took people directly to the Governor's Office.

The purpose of this time was to inspect the work of Australian New Guinea and also to formulate plans for Australia's industrial development.

Although the natives of Australian New Guinea have shortcomings of one kind or another, they are all useful in Australia's industrial development.

Before the Netherlands agreed to sell natives to Australia, these New Guineans were the best laborers for Australia's industrial development.

"Governor Anibal, I think you should know the purpose of my visit this time?" In the Governor's Mansion, Arthur looked at Governor Anibal Enrique Hernandez and asked with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness." Governor Anibal nodded and answered respectfully.

"How many natives are there in the entire New Guinea colony? How many can go to Australia and work for Australia?" Seeing Governor Anibal's affirmative answer, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.

"Your Highness, there are too many isolated and independent tribes on this land, and we cannot be sure of the population of these tribes. If we only count those tribes that have already contacted us, then there are about 800,000 natives in the entire Australian New Guinea." Governor Anibal Enrique Hernandez blurted out.

Seeing that Anibal Enrique Hernandez clearly stated the population of the entire Australian New Guinea, Arthur nodded again with satisfaction and asked: "What do you think of the government's plan? Is it possible to transport natives from New Guinea to Australia for labor?"

Any country that wants to transform from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy must go through a bloody and cruel process of oppression.

Whether it is oppressing the people at home or choosing to exploit the colonies, in short, this process is inevitable.

The plan of Arthur and the Australian government is to buy natives from colonies and abroad as much as possible, so that these natives can replace Australians and make life contributions to Australia's industrial development.

Although it does not seem so humane, it is obviously much better to let the already scarce and precious Australians risk their lives to develop industry than to oppress Australians.

"Your Highness, I think this can be done, and Australia does need the contribution of these indigenous people. But doing so will also cause panic and anger among these indigenous people. If we want to continue to maintain the stability of New Guinea, then my suggestion is to eradicate the roots as much as possible and take this opportunity to completely eliminate all the indigenous people in New Guinea. Otherwise, the hatred of exploitation and oppression will only accumulate over time, and keeping these indigenous people will not be good for the stability of New Guinea." Governor Anibal Enrique Hernandez thought for a while before saying it solemnly. He was a little nervous when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was worried that his words would disgust Arthur.

The strategy proposed by Governor Anibal Enrique Hernandez was more bloody than the plan of the Australian government.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what Governor Anibal Enrique Hernandez said.

The indigenous people of New Guinea and the Australians are two nations that cannot be integrated, and Arthur will never accommodate the indigenous people of New Guinea.

Under such a premise, since we have chosen to oppress and enslave these indigenous people, we might as well do it more thoroughly. After using all the value of these indigenous people, we should directly eradicate them to prevent future troubles.

After all, Australia needs stability. Only dead people will not resist.

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