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Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate


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        Great Britain
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    • found: Correspondence relating to the administration of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, 1908
    • found: Wikipedia, viewed May 14, 2015(Gilbert and Ellice Islands; a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies which became independent nations shortly after. The Gilbert Islands (formerly Kingsmill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the western Pacific Ocean that are recognised as part of the Micronesia subregion of Oceania. The Ellice Islands are south of the Gilbert Islands. The Ellice Islands comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. The Ellice Islands are midway between Hawaii and Australia. The Ellice Islands are recognised as part of the Polynesia subregion of Oceania. Protectorate administered as part of the British Western Pacific Territories - The protectorate was generally established on this area (but not on these islands) by the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1857 and then in 1877 for the Western Pacific Territories. The sixteen islands of the Gilberts were declared a British Protectorate by Captain Davis R.N., of HMS Royalist between 27 May and 17 June 1892. The Ellice Islands were declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson R.N., of HMS Curacoa, between 9 and 16 October of the same year. The islands became a Crown Colony on 12 January 1916 by the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Order in Council, 1915)
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    • [SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.]
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    • 2015-05-14: new
    • 2015-05-15: revised
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