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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)

	Gilbert Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation Kiribati.
		In 1915 the Gilbert and Ellice Islands were proclaimed a colony of the British Empire.
		The natives of the Gilberts are Micronesian, similar in many respects to the natives of the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilbert_Islands (846 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Kiribati
		All of the islands are atolls (ring-shaped islands with central lagoons) except for the island of Banaba in the Gilbert Islands.
		Of the 33 islands of Kiribati, 21 are inhabited.
		The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761562805__1/Kiribati.html (2517 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gilbert and Ellice Islands
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 —; until 1 January 1976 when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after.
		Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated island chain in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gilbert-and-Ellice-Islands (2027 words)

	Gilbert Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 (An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon) atolls and coral islands in the (The largest ocean in the world) Pacific Ocean, part of the nation (An island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator) Kiribati.
		While in the Gilberts, considerable time was devoted to mapping and charting (A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water) reefs and anchorages.
		The Gilbert Islands were used to support the invasion of the (A group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia) Marshall Islands in February 1944.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/gilbert_islands.htm (973 words)

	Gilbert Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first recorded discovery of the islands dates back to 1765 when Commander Byron in the ship discovered the island of.
		In 1788 Captain Thomas Gilbert in the and Captain John Marshall in the discovered,,, Tarawa, Abaiang, Butaritari, and Makin.
		A British protectorate was first proclaimed over the Gilberts by Captain Davis of on 27 May 1892.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gilbert_Islands (834 words)

	The Gilbert & Ellice Islands
		These islands are fairly close to the island of Makin which is the most northern island in the Gilberts.
		The majority of the coral islands of both Gilberts and Ellice consist of ring shaped atolls or coral reefs that surround lagoons.
		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.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/janer/egan22.html (2949 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
		The Gilbert Islands are an archipelago of 16 islands that were discovered by John Byron in 1765.
		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 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)

	Journeys through Pacific history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Forty years after they left the Gilbert Islands as the principal colonial representatives, Harry and Honor Maude were invited back to the independence celebrations, "among the most honoured of the honoured guests", and Professor Maude was awarded the Kiribati Independence Medal "in recognition of your dedicated and meritorious service to our country".
		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.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /ual/publ/Journeys_Pacific.html (4775 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)

	ipedia.com: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate and colony from 1857 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies: the Gilbert Islands, now part of the nation Kirib...
		The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate and colony from 1857 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies: the Gilbert Islands, now part of the nation Kiribati, and the Ellice Islands, which became the independent nation Tuvalu in 1978.
		The protectorate was established by the Pacific Islands Protection Act of 1857, and a High Commissioner was appointed in 1893.
	www.ipedia.com /gilbert_and_ellice_islands.html (329 words)

	AllRefer.com - Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Pacific Islands Political Geography
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-GilbertN.html (141 words)

	Gilbert & Ellice Islands Bank Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	WHKMLA : History of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati, Tuvalu) 1939-1978
		The U.S. adopted the ISLAND HOPPING strategy, Kiribati's main island TARAWA being a major battleground; the U.S. marines landed in November 1943.
		The colony was a conglomerate of islands created to accomodate the British desire for a centralized administration; the inhabitants of the Gilbert and of the Ellice islands (Kiribatians and Tuvaluans) did not feel having too much in common; the Kiribatians are Micronesians, the Tuvaluans Polynesians.
		In 1974, Tuvalu (the Ellice Islands) opted for the separation from the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/pacific/gilel193978.html (228 words)

	Kiribati: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Kiribati now consists of the sixteen Gilbert Islands, Banaba, the eight Phoenix Islands, and eight of the ten Line Islands, with a total land area of 690 square kilometres, spread over an ocean area of a third to half a million square kilometres.
		Of the total thirty-three islands, twenty are inhabited by Gilbertese, and thirteen are at present uninhabited or only temporarily occupied.
		In mid-1984 the total population was estimated at 61,400, of whom approximately 90% live in the Gilbert Islands, and more than 30% live on Tarawa.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/history.html (206 words)

	Kiribati: Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir Arthur Grimble went to the Gilbert Islands as a cadet administrative officer in 1913 and became Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1926.
		In the 1890s he became an employee of the Pacific Islands Company Ltd of London, which was involved in the guano industry on islands in the Coral Sea and the Phoenix Group.
		The Gilbert Islands Mission, which was based at Rongorongo on the island of Beru included the Ellice Islands, Nauru, Ocean Island and the Phoenix Islands.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/biogs.html (1082 words)

	Freedom in the World 1999 - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a small, predominantly Polynesian country, consisting of nine atolls stretching over 500,000 miles of the western Pacific Ocean.
		The islands were proclaimed a British protectorate with the Gilbert Islands (now independent Kiribati) in 1892 and were formally annexed by Britain in the years between 1915 and 1916, when the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony was established.
		The Ellice and Gilbert Islands separated in October 1975, and the former was renamed Tuvalu.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2000/countryratings/tuvalu.htm (445 words)

	Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Kiribati Bibliography: Semantic Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Co-operative Movement in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		The development of the co-operative movement in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		Gilbert Islands, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands.
	www.trussel.com /kir/s_coop.htm (155 words)

	Background to the Western Pacific High Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		[Gilbert and Ellice Islands, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Tonga]
		By 1900 his responsibilities comprised the Solomon Islands, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the New Hebrides, Tonga and Pitcairn.
		In 1952 the posts of High Commissioner and Governor of Fiji were separated and the WHPC moved to Honiara, where the High Commissioner became Governor of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in addition to his other duties.
	www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj /library/Paclaw/WesternPacific/Background.html (442 words)

	Western Pacific High Commissioner 1877-1976 (United Kingdom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Original jurisdiction extended over all Pacific islands not within the limits of the colonies of Fiji, Queensland, New South Wales or New Zealand and not within the jurisdiction of any other colonial power.
		Included New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Pitcairn, Cook Islands and Niue until 1901, Nauru until 1921, Union Islands (Tokelau) until 1926, Phoenix Islands (part of Kiribati) until 1939, Tonga until 1952, Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati and Tuvalu) until 1971, and British Solomon Islands until 1974.
		Gilbert and Ellice Islands (nowadays Kiribati and Tuvalu)
	www.flagspot.com /flags/gb_wphc.html (272 words)

	Japanese Forces in the Gilbert and Nauru Islands, Stan Jersey
		This phase was characterized by a gradual increase in strength of the garrison, by expansion of the occupied area to include Tarawa and Apamama Atolls and by a change the strategic character of the occupation from that of a lookout post to a fortified station.
		During the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands were garrisoned by units of the Imperial Navy and it would be well at this point to provide a brief descriptions of the most important types of Naval ground forces that were found in the Central Pacific.
		The island was reinforced with the arrival of the 5th Marine Defense Battalion less detachments “A”and“B.” The Japanese were unaware that the Americans were positioned on their southern flank until sighted by a passing flying boat in March 1943.
	www.tarawaontheweb.org /stanjersy1.htm (7312 words)

	AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamps: Kiribati
		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.
		Location: Oceania, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note—on 1 January 1995, Kiribati unilaterally moved the International Date Line from the middle of the country to include its easternmost islands and make it the same day throughout the country
	ajward.tripod.com /stamps/kiribati.htm (277 words)

	Overprint Definitives
		Tuvalu's first definitive stamps were released on January 1, 1976, and consisted of the last Gilbert and Ellice Islands definitive set, first issued in 1971, overprinted with Tuvalu and a rectangular bar obliterating the name of the former colony.
		It must be pointed out that the same stamps were also used for overprinting by the Gilbert Islands Colony.
		It appears that there was not sufficient stock, or perhaps wastage during the overprinting process, and this led to the third printing.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /stamps/st-defin1.htm (407 words)

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