Franz Boluminski

Franz Boluminski (12 November 1863 – 28 April 1913) was a German colonial administrator.

In March 1899 he transferred into the German colonial service and was posted to new station of Kavieng on the island of New Ireland.

His major feat was the construction of a road along the north-eastern coast of the island.

At the same time he established copra plantations connected to the highway and this made New Ireland one of the most profitable parts of German New Guinea.

He died of heat-stroke and is now buried in Bagail Cemetery in Kavieng.

Franz Boluminski and his wife in Kavieng, 1902 (photograph by Otto Dempwolff )