Western Pacific High Commission

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British colonial administrative body colonial government

The Western Pacific High Commission was a British colonial administrative body that oversaw and coordinated governance across various Western Pacific island territories during the late 19th and 20th centuries.

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Label	Occurrences
Western Pacific High Commission canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial administrative body ⓘ colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ Gilbert and Ellice Islands ⓘ Line Islands ⓘ New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited) ⓘ New Hebrides ⓘ surface form: New Hebrides (British jurisdiction) Ocean Island ⓘ Phoenix Islands ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ surface form: Tokelau (earlier Union Islands) western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific various British protectorates in the Western Pacific ⓘ various small island groups under British protection in the Pacific ⓘ
coordinateWith	Resident Commissioners in island territories ⓘ governors of individual colonies in the Pacific ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1976 ⓘ
endCause	decolonisation in the Pacific ⓘ
establishedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
governingBody	Office of the High Commissioner ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	protectorates and other non-self-governing territories ⓘ
hasRole	administration of justice for British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ coordination of British colonial administration in the Western Pacific ⓘ exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction over British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ implementation of British imperial policy in the Western Pacific ⓘ oversight of protectorates and colonies in the Western Pacific ⓘ regulation of labour recruitment in the Pacific ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Levuka ⓘ Suva, Fiji ⓘ surface form: Suva
inception	1877 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ surface form: Pacific Order in Council 1877
location	Fiji ⓘ
officeHeldBy	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
replacedBy	independent governments of Pacific island states ⓘ local colonial administrations in successor territories ⓘ
seatSharedWith	Colony of Fiji administration ⓘ
shortName	WPHC ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office ⓘ Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office
temporalCoverage	20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → officeCreatedFor → Western Pacific High Commission ⓘ

Resident Commissioners → supervisedBy → Western Pacific High Commission ⓘ