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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: History of the Solomon Islands
		History of Melanesia: Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
		Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The national flag of Solomon Islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner representing the sun; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue representing the blue sky with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green representing the greeny patch of lands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-the-Solomon-Islands (2428 words)

	Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Solomon Islands is a Constitutional Monarchy with Elizabeth I a Commonwealth Realm.
		The national flag of Solomon Islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner representing the sun; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue representing the blue sky with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green representing the greeny patch of lands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solomon_Islands (1166 words)

	History of the Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The reconstruction was slow in the absence of war reparations and with the destruction of the pre-war plantations, formerly the mainstay of the economy.
		In July 2003 the Governor General of Solomon Islands issued an official request for international help, which was subsequently endorsed by a unanimous vote of the parliament.
		History of Melanesia: Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Solomon_Islands (1406 words)

	SOLOMON ISLANDS,
		The Solomon Islands are mountainous, rising to 2447 m (8028 ft) at Mt. Makarakomburu, on Guadalcanal.
		The Solomon Islands Center of the University of the Pacific (1977) is in Honiara.
		Most of the Solomons were occupied by Japan during World War II, and heavy fighting between the U.S. and Japanese forces occurred in the region, especially on and around Guadalcanal, before the Allies forced the last Japanese to leave the island group in 1945.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=222681 (999 words)

	The Ultimate Solomon Islands - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Solomon Island are a wide island nation that lies East of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russell Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
		The Santa Cruz Islands, which are east of the main group of the Solomons, are part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, together with the neighboring archipelago of Vanuatu.
		The national flag of Solomon islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Solomon_Islands (830 words)

	History of the Solomon Islands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The human history of the Solomon Islands begins with the first settlement at least 30,000 years ago from New Guinea.
		They became the most famous Solomon Islanders when they were noted by National Geographic for being the first men to find the shipwrecked John F. Kennedy and his crew of the PT-109 using a traditional dugout canoe.
		History of the Solomon Islands, Early discoveries, World War II, Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, Towards independence, Cyclones, Civil war, External links, Articles lacking sources from June 2006, All articles lacking sources, Articles with unsourced statements and History of the Solomon Islands.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/History_of_the_Solomon_Islands (1698 words)

	History of Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although little prehistory of the Solomon Islands is known, material excavated on Santa Ana, Guadalcanal, and Gawa indicates that a hunter-gatherer people lived on the larger islands as early as 1000 B.C. Some Solomon Islanders are descendants of Neolithic, Austronesian-speaking peoples who migrated somewhat later to the Pacific Islands from Southeast Asia.
		In 1898 and 1899, more outlying islands were added to the protectorate; in 1900 the remainder of the archipelago, an area previously under German jurisdiction, was transferred to British administration.
		In July 2003 Australian and Pacific Island police and troops arrived in the Solomon Islands under the auspices of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
	www.historyofnations.net /oceania/solomonislands.html (855 words)

	Solomon Islands Pijin - History
		When Solomon Islanders came back to the Solomons at the end of their contract, or when they were forcefully repatriated at the end of the labour trade period (1904), they brought Melanesian pidgin to the Solomon Islands.
		Solomon Islanders began to migrate within the archipelago, between the plantation areas and the areas supplying the labour force Not surprisingly, the first labourers to engage themselves to work on the Solomons plantations were men who had been to Queensland before and who knew pidgin.
		Solomon Islanders who witnessed that period say that they spoke to the American soldiers in Pidgin and sometimes in English when it was known to them.
	www.pidgin.ca /www/History/History.htm (1319 words)

	Solomon Islands History \| wen_04_package.xml
		MONETARY UNIT: The Solomon Islands dollar (SI$), a paper currency of 100 cents, was introduced in 1977, replacing the Australian dollar, and became the sole legal tender in 1978.
		The Solomon Islands consists of a chain of six large and numerous small islands situated in the South Pacific, some 1,900 km (1,200 mi) NE of Australia and about 485 km (300 mi) E of Papua New Guinea.
		The capital city of the Solomon Islands, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal.
	www.bookrags.com /history/solomon-islands-wen-04 (425 words)

	History of the Solomon Islands: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Background: The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s.
		In 1992, Cyclone Tia struck the island of Tikopia[?], wiping out most housing and food crops.
		In December 2002, Cyclone Zoe struck the island of Tikopia[?] and Anuta[?], cutting off contact with the 3,000 inhabitants.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hi/History-of-the-Solomon-Islands.html (164 words)

	Solomon Islands (10/05)
		The islands' ocean-equatorial climate is extremely humid throughout the year, with a mean temperature of 27° C (80° F) and few extremes of temperature or weather.
		The capital of Honiara on Guadalcanal was increasingly populated by migrants from the island of Malaita.
		Solomon Islands was particularly hard hit by the Asian economic crisis even before the ethnic violence of June 2000.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2799.htm (3411 words)

	History of the Solomon Islands
		Although little prehistory of the Solomon Islands is known, material excavated on Santa Ana, Guadalcanal, and Gawa indicates that a hunter-gatherer people lived on the larger islands as early as 1000 B.C. Some Solomon Islanders are descendants of Neolithic Austronesian-speaking peoples who migrated from Southeast Asia.
		The European discoverer of the Solomons was the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana Y Neyra, who set out from Peru in 1567 to seek the legendary Isles of Solomon.
		Under the protectorate, missionaries settled in the Solomons, converting most of the population to Christianity.
	infotut.com /geography/Solomon-Islands (1132 words)

	Solomon Islands History \| iExplore.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The modern nation of the Solomon Islands is an amalgamation of two archipelagos, instigated by the British in the last years of the 19th century, and marking the high point of imperial rivalry in the Pacific between the major European powers.
		The example of the Solomon Islands lies behind the decision of the Australian government in late 2003 to adopt a more pro-active approach to intervening in the affairs of its Pacific neighbors who are mostly, like the Solomon Islands, composed of small scattered islands riven by ethnic rivalries and economic uncertainty.
		The Solomon Islands continues to receive substantial overseas aid, although much of this is consumed by a large external debt.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Solomon+Islands/History (1039 words)

	H. The Pacific Region, 1944-2000. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		They saw generally successful attempts at regional cooperation among independent island states, but they also witnessed the steadily growing dependence of the small, resource-poor, isolated islands on metropolitan countries.
		Former (Japanese) mandated territories of the Marianas and the Marshall and Caroline Islands were given by the UN to the U.S. as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
		The Hawaiian Islands, a territory of the U.S. since the turn of the century, became the 50th state of the U.S.A. 1962, Nov. 4
	www.bartleby.com /67/4283.html (475 words)

	A short history of the Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He is succeeded by Peter Kenilorea of the Solomon Islands United Party (SIUPA) in 1975.
		The 1997 elections result in the election Bartholomew Ulufa'alu of the Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) election as prime minister, heading a coalition government, which christened itself the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change.
		In June 2002, an insurrection mounted by militants from the island of Malaita results in the brief detention of Ulufa’alu and his subsequent forced resignation.
	www.electionworld.org /history/solomon.htm (321 words)

	Solomon Islands: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The earliest known occupation of Solomon Islands is circa 28000 BC by Australoid hunter-gatherers.
		In the 18th and 19th centuries, the islands were used as a source of slave labor for the sugar plantations of Fiji and Australia.
		Solomon Islands was declared a British Protectorate in 1893.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=148 (748 words)

	Solomon Islands: History — FactMonster.com
		The southern islands were placed under a British protectorate in 1893; the eastern islands were added to it in 1898.
		The Solomon Islands became self-governing in 1976 and independent in 1978.
		A Solomons court cleared Moti of all Solomons charges in December, and the Australian-born police commissioner was subsequently declared an undesirable immigrant.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0861174.html (642 words)

	Solomon Islands
		The Solomon Islands is a long archipelago of 992 islands extending 1667 kilometers.
		The Solomon Islands is a member of the Commonwealth with its nominal head of State being the British Monarch represented by the Governor General chosen by the Queen under recommendation of the Solomon's National Parliament.
		During it's history, the islands have fallen under occupation of the Germans, the British and the Australians.
	www.mamararesorts.com /si.htm (327 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Solomon Islands
		The book's five chapters begin with a survey of the general situation of women in Solomon Islands, followed by detailed case studies of the problems faced by rural women in southern Malaita, the Christian reaction to the traditional 'Are' practice of brideprice, and the trials and tribulations of Honiara's market women.
		The original version of Images and Islands was produced by Adrian Allen, then Director of the University of the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands Centre, in collaboration with Barbara House of the Solomon Islands Teachers College, Sister Claire O-Brien of Tenaru Catholic Secondary School and Les Tickle of King George VI Secondary School, Honiara.
		Solomon Islanders have recorded much of their history - a term which refers both to the events of the past and to ways of viewing those events - in a rich oral tradition, and in a variety of art forms.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /solomons.htm (2001 words)

	Solomon Islands - Solomons - Country Profile - Melanesia - South Pacfic
		The Solomon Islands consist of six major and approximately 900 smaller volcanic islands, coral atolls and reefs, more than 300 of them are inhabited.
		Solomon Islands peace building wireless email network for distance education, farmer's networking, grassroots news, business and market advisory, consultations on constitutional and policing reform, rights awareness women's networking and more.
		Premier institution of tertiary education in the Pacific region, jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries, USP is an international centre of excellence for teaching, research and consulting on all aspects of Pacific life.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/solomon_islands.htm (913 words)

	Welcome to the Solomon Islands Diocese
		The Solomon Islands is a parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The Solomon Islands is divided into eight administrative areas--seven provinces and the city of Honiara.
		Guadalcanal and other islands in the Solomons were the scene of fierce fighting between Allied and Japanese forces in 1942 and 1943, during World War II.
	www.catholicnet.com /solomon (1077 words)

	Solomon Islands: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Incursions into Solomon Islands territory by PNG forces, who were countering secessionist action on neighboring Bougainville Island, gave rise to formal protests in mid-1997.
		Solomon Islands: History - History A Spanish explorer, Álvaro de Mendeña de Neira, was the first European to...
		Solomon Islands: Land, People, and Economy - Land, People, and Economy The Solomons are mountainous and heavily wooded.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107975.html (925 words)

	History - Solomon Islands - Oceania: area australia, start world, 1939 1945, japan world
		The Solomon Islands were visited and named in 1568 by the Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendana de Neira.
		Germany established control over the northern Solomons in 1885, but in 1900 it transferred these islands, except Bougainville and Buka, to the British, who had declared a protectorate over the central and southern Solomons in 1893.
		Most of the Solomons were occupied by Japan during World War II (1939-1945), and heavy fighting occurred in the region, especially on and around Guadalcanal, before the Allies forced the last Japanese to leave the island group in 1945.
	www.countriesquest.com /oceania/solomon_islands/history.htm (193 words)

	History of the Solomon Islands
		From May 1942, when the Battle of the Coral Sea was fought, until December 1943, the Solomons were almost constantly a scene of combat.
		Although U.S. forces landed on Guadalcanal virtually unopposed in August 1942, they were soon engaged in a bloody fight for control of the islands' airstrip, which the U.S. forces named Henderson Field.
		In 1960, an advisory council of Solomon Islanders was superseded by a legislative council, and an executive council was created as the protectorate's policymaking body.
	www.motherearthtravel.com /solomon_islands/history.htm (505 words)

	Solomon Islands History
		The Solomon Islands became a British protectorate towards the end of the 19th century.
		During World War II, the Japanese occupied the Solomons, which were recaptured by the Allies only after fierce and deadly battles.
		Independence was declared in 1978 and the country has managed to do well economically as an exporter of copra, cocoa, palm oil, and lumber and particularly since it sold tuna fishing rights in its waters.
	www.multied.com /nationbynation/Solomon/History1.html (70 words)

	SOLOMON ISLANDS
		Savo Island is a cloud-shrouded place, its waters housing the graves of at least four ships that were sunk during the Battle of Savo.
		The friendly warmth and hospitality of the Solomon Islands is reflected in the hotel staff who are dedicated to making your vacation both enjoyable and memorable.
		The Hopei Island is a self-contained cottage on an island 3kms offshore.
	www.janeresture.com /solomons/solomon_islands.htm (3710 words)

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