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	Gilbert and Ellice Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gilbert Islands have been the major part of the nation of Kiribati since 1979, and the Ellice Islands became Tuvalu in 1978.
		The sixteen islands of the Gilberts, declared a protectorate by Captain Davis, R. of HMS Royalist between 27 May and 17 June 1892, were discovered intermittently from perhaps as early as 1537 up to 1826.
		The Ellice Islands were declared a protectorate by Captain Gibson, R. of HMS Curacao between 9th and 16 October of the same year; Banaba (or Ocean Island) was included within the protectorate in 1900 and then in the colony in 1916.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands (543 words)

	Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands were named the Gilbert Islands in 1820 by a Russian admiral, Adam von Krusenstern, and French captain Louis Duperrey, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788 ('Kiribati' is the islanders' pronunciation of plural 'Gilberts').
		In 1892, the Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate together with the nearby Ellice Islands.
		That is why Kiritimati Island is known in English as Christmas Island (not to be confused with the Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, which is administered by Australia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiribati (819 words)

	History of Tuvalu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eventually, the islands came under Britain's sphere of influence as the Pacific was divided up in the late 19th century.
		The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate (1892–1916) and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (1916–1974).
		In 1974 the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status as Tuvalu, separating from the Gilbert Islands which became Kiribati upon independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tuvalu (424 words)

	Gilbert and Ellice Islands
		Ellice Islands - Sighted in 1568 by Alvaro de Mendenña de Neira, the Ellice Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and annexed with the Gilbert Islands in 1915.
		The flag used by Gilbert and Ellice Islands was the British Blue Ensign with the arms in the fly inside a white circle.
		Cook Islands were annexed to New Zealand in 1901, Solomon Islands had their own badge in 1910, but Gilbert Islands, which were combined with Ellice Islands in (probably) 1916, when the Protectorate became a Colony, still, in 1930, had the unspecific BR badge.
	flagspot.net /flags/ki-gilbt.html (2251 words)

	Tuvalu Law & Government - LawResearch
		History Tuvalu was formerly known as the Ellice Islands, and from 1916 to 1975 was part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
		The population of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice or Lagoon Islands, is thought to have dropped from 20,000 in 1850 to 3,000 in 1875, thanks to slave-traders and imported European diseases.
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate was established by Britian in 1892 (the Gilbert Islands are now called Kiribati) and the protectorate became a colony in 1916.
	www.lawresearch.com /v10/global/ztv.htm (594 words)

	Pacific Ocean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ellice islanders voted to secede from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1974 and became independent as Tuvalu on 1st October 1978.
		The islands became internally self-governing in 1965 and are in ‘free association’ (dependency) with New Zealand.
		The islands became a German protectorate in 1899 and were seized by British Empire troops on the outbreak of WWI in 1914.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.randall1/pacocean.htm (793 words)

	ELLICE - LoveToKnow Article on ELLICE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It comprises a large number of low coralline islands and atolls, which are disposed in nine clusters extending over a distance of about 400 m.
		The chief groups, all yielding coco-nuts, pandanus fruit and yams, are Funafuti or Ellice, Nukulailai or Mitchell, Nurakita or Sophia, Nukufetau or De Peyster, Nui or Egg, Nanomana or Hudson, and Niutao or Lynx.
		Nearly all the natives are Christians, Protestant missions having been long estab]ished in several of the islands.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELLICE.htm (291 words)

	License Plates of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		License Plates of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
		In 1975, the Gilbert Islands gained independence from Great Britain and became the nation of Kiribati, a democratic republic in British Commonwealth.
		The Ellice Islands gained their independence in 1978 and became the nation of Tuvalu.
	www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/PA_GILB.html (67 words)

	Tuvalu History
		Formerly called the Ellice Islands, Tuvalu came under British jurisdiction in 1877 and was made part of the British Protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1892.
		He reported that the 'Kings' of each island had asked for a Protectorate to be declared and Captain Gibson R.N. of H.M.S. Curacao was thereupon ordered to the Ellice Islands in 1892, and on each he declared a Protectorate between the 9th and the 16th October.
		However, the Ellice Islanders were not pleased at the thought of having their ruling masters changing from the British to the I-Kiribati, and and began seeking ways for secession.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /history2.htm (595 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - G
		The Employment of Gilbert and Ellice Islanders as Seamen.
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Legislative Council, Tarawa.
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Legislative Council, Bairiki, Tarawa.
	www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibg.htm (4936 words)

	Context: The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
		Ten men began clearing the dense tropical forest in December 1938 and settlement of the island officially began when they were joined by their families in April 1939, bringing the island population to twenty-three.
		The island group was well outside the war zone and there is no record of any Japanese activity on or near any of the three settled atolls.
		The Ellice Islands adopted their ancient name and became the nation of Tuvalu, while the Gilbert Islands became, in 1979, the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced KIRibas, the local pronunciation of the English word "Gilberts").
	www.tighar.org /TTracks/15_1/phoenixiss.html (789 words)

	Journeys through Pacific history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The particular strength is material relating to the central Pacific islands where he had spent most of his administrative career, in which the collection is unrivalled, but there are publications on probably every inhabited island of the Pacific from Hawaii to New Guinea, and on all aspects of traditional culture, culture contact and post-colonial society.
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands works in particular are wide-ranging and comprehensive in their coverage, including almost everything written on the islands as well as missionary and official publications from the islands themselves.
		Other islands are more selectively chronicled, although there are numerically large collections on New Guinea and Hawaii and the Pacific Islands generally, and valuable sources on many of the lesser known islands.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /ual/publ/Journeys_Pacific.html (4775 words)

	A Short History of Kiribati
		These islands are fairly close to the island of Makin which is the most northern island in the Gilberts.
		Kiribati consists of very small low, white coral islands or atolls, which in most cases have a number of quite small islets which are separated from one another by narrow passages of water from the lagoon side to the ocean.
		A typical island or atoll is simply a series of very narrow strips of land forming an arc which partially encircles a lagoon on the western side.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_history/egan22.html (2940 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ellice Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1974: Pacific Islands : Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		The world fuel crisis hit the Pacific Islands, as many suppliers were unable to guarantee deliveries.
		With some oil companies cutting supplies by as much as 25 percent, shipping was hindered, jets were grounded, and transportation authorities had to keep a close eye on reserves to avoid extensive...
	encarta.msn.com /Ellice+Islands.html (125 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gilbert and Ellice Islands
		1972: Pacific Islands : Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		A significant development this year was the continuation and expansion of the South Pacific Forum, first organized at the Wellington (New Zealand) conference in August 1971.
		This "mini-UN" of the Pacific islands held its second meeting, in Canberra, Australia, in February.
	encarta.msn.com /Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands.html (187 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography: Semantic Index
		Island Courts in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
		The Laws of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, containing the Ordinances and Subsidiary Legislation the reunder in force on the 1st day of July, 1973.
		The Magistrates' Courts Handbook: being a handbook of court procedure and evidence for the use of ma gistrates, court clerks and the police in the magistrates' courts in Kiribati.
	www.trussel.com /kir/s_law.htm (894 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Tuvalu
		The remoteness of the group of islands meant that they were left pretty much to themselves for many years; however, in the late 19th Century the Islands were made part of the British Protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as an attempt to forestall possible German expansion in the Pacific.
		As the islands are too remote for a tourist industry to have developed, the islanders live on what little money is made from the exploitation of the coral reefs around the islands and foreign aid, as well as by granting permits for foreign vessels to fish within their territorial waters.
		Whether this is considered the exploitation of a population living a simple life or a lucky lifeline, the islanders themselves have used this income to build and staff hospitals on each of the inhabited islands and pay for a ferry service between the outlying islands.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A4351899 (898 words)

	Polynesian Cultural Center - Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The other eight islands were settled by the 18th century (hence the name Tuvalu, or "Cluster of Eight").
		Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira was the first European to discover the islands in the 16th century.
		Under ethnic strain, the Polynesians of Ellice Islands voted for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands in 1974.
	www.polynesia.com /aloha/maps/islands/tuvalu.shtml (142 words)

	Agreement for an Exchange of Postal Parcels between the Commonwealth of Australia and Ocean Island and Gilbert and ...
		The offices of exchange shall be the Post Offices of Ocean Island, Butaritari, Tarawa, Nanouti and Beru in the Gilbert Group and Funafuti in the Ellice Group, and for the Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney.
		The postage rates to be levied on parcels from the Commonwealth of Australia to Ocean, Gilbert and Ellice Islands shall be at the rate of eightpence (8d) for the first lb and sixpence (6d) for each succeeding lb up to 11 lbs, and like rates shall be charged on parcels from the Protectorate to Australia.
		Half-yearly accounts relating to parcels exchanged between Ocean, Gilbert and Ellice Islands and the several States of the Commonwealth of Australia shall be prepared by the Post Office of Sydney in the Commonwealth of Australia on one account which shall be forwarded to the Resident Commissioner.
	www.austlii.org /au/other/dfat/treaties/1911/4.html (1265 words)

	AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamps: Kiribati
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were proclaimed a British protectorate in 1892 and became a Crown Colony in 1916.
		Ellice Islands severed links from Gilbert Islands to form a separate dependency of Tuvalu in 1975 and Gilbert Islands became independent as Kiribati in 1979.
		The first postage stamps for Gilbert and Ellice Islands were issued in 1911.
	ajward.tripod.com /stamps/kiribati.htm (277 words)

	Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and the Gilbert and Ellice ...
		It being considered desirable that an agreement should be entered into by the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, and the Postmaster General's Department of the Commonwealth of Australia, the undersigned, duly authorised for the purpose, have agreed upon the following Articles.
		On the part of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate the office of exchange shall be Tulagi; on the part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate the office of exchange shall be Ocean Island; and on the part of the Commonwealth of Australia the office of exchange shall be Sydney.
		Forms for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate will be similar with the substitution of the words "Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate" for "British Solomon Islands Protectorate" wherever the name of the Protectorate occurs.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/19140004.html (1753 words)

	Sandafayre Stamp Auctions \| Stamp Atlas \| Gilbert and Ellice Islands
		Spanish explorers in the 16th century first sighted some of the islands, but they were not fully explored until early in the 19th century.
		At Fanning Island, a New Zealand PO was opened and the stamps of that dominion were used there until the island was incorporated in the colony in February 1939.
		Washington Island relied on its contacts with Fanning Island, some 80 miles away, but as the authorities insisted that mail was returned to Fanning, considerable delays resulted.
	www.sandafayre.com /atlas/gellis.htm (425 words)

	Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The flag is the banner of the arms that was given to Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1937.
		The Ellice Islands became what we know as Tuvalu today, and the Gilbert Islands changed their name to Kiribati, but the shield remained the same.
		The Kiribatian coats of arms, was first granted to the Colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on May 1, 1937, and slightly modified on July 12, 1979, when Kiribati achieved independence from Britain.
	flagspot.net /flags/ki.html (831 words)

	Historical Overview of the Banabans
		The ignorant and trusting Banabans were only to happy to welcome new visitors and not understanding the language placed crosses on lengthy legal documents signing their island away for 50 pounds per annum for the next 999 years.
		They were originally left on the island in quickly erected army tents, with enough rations to only last the community for two months.
		Today, while the people struggle to survive under two separate Pacific island nations, the Banabans believe that nothing is more important than the preservation of their heritage and ethnic identity.
	www.banaban.com /histovie.htm (982 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Western Polynesian tropical moist forests (OC0117)
		The Tokelau Islands support 38 indigenous plants, at least 150 insect species, and 10 land crab species that are present throughout forests (Yaldwyn and Wodzicki 1979).
		Even if islands do not disappear, a slight rise in water level, along with rapidly growing human populations, will reduce the size of the freshwater supply and agricultural lands possibly resulting in a shift in population to areas and atolls that currently support natural vegetation and fauna (Roy and Connell 1997).
		Systematics and ecology of the land crabs (Decapoda: Coenobitidae, Grapsidae, and Gecarcinidae) of the Tokelau Islands, central Pacific.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0117_full.html (1299 words)

	Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Part of the former Gilbert and Ellice Island Group Colony.
		The area was an important 7th AF airbases and Navy based in the area, with over 6,000 American personnel at its height in 1943.
		The government of Tuvalu was established in January, 1976, ending its status as a colony and part of the Gilbert and Ellice Colony.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/tuvalu.html (175 words)

	Gilbert & Ellice Islands Bank Notes
		These notes were retained on the islands and credits were given in Sydney upon their arrival.
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands, located in the western Pacific Ocean and comprised of Gilbert, Ellice, Ocean, Fanning, Washington, Christmas and Phoenix islands, was a British colony since 1915.
		The islands were occupied by Japan during WWII and became self-governing in 1971.
	www.tomchao.com /au/au7.html (144 words)

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