British Western Pacific Territories

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colonial territory former British colonial administrative unit

The British Western Pacific Territories was a colonial administrative grouping of various British protectorates and colonies in the western Pacific Ocean, overseen by a single High Commissioner from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony	0	1
British Western Pacific High Commission territories	0	1
Territory of Papua	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial territory → former British colonial administrative unit →
administrativeCentre	Fiji →
appliesToJurisdiction	British Solomon Islands Protectorate → surface form: British Solomon Islands British Solomon Islands Protectorate → British Western Pacific Territories self-linksurface differs → surface form: British Western Pacific High Commission territories Cook Islands NERFINISHED → Ellice Islands → Gilbert Islands → Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Line Islands → Nauru → surface form: Nauru (at certain periods) Territory of New Guinea → surface form: New Guinea (British-controlled parts at times) New Hebrides → Niue NERFINISHED → Ocean Island → Phoenix Islands → Pitcairn Islands → Tokelau Islands NERFINISHED → Union Islands →
capitalInitiallyLocatedIn	Levuka →
colonialStatus	protectorates and colonies →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	UK government → surface form: United Kingdom government
currency	pound sterling →
dissolved	1976 →
endCause	decolonisation in the Pacific →
endTime	1976 →
establishedBy	Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 →
governedBy	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific →
hasCapital	Suva, Fiji → surface form: Suva
highCommissionerUsuallyAlsoHeldOffice	Governor of Fiji →
legalSystem	British colonial law →
locatedIn	Oceania → western Pacific Ocean →
officeHolderTitle	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Empire →
reasonForGrouping	administrative convenience for scattered Pacific colonies →
regionServed	Melanesia → Micronesia → Polynesia →
reorganizedBy	Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 → surface form: Western Pacific Orders in Council
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
startTime	1877 →
successorEntity	British Solomon Islands Protectorate → surface form: British Solomon Islands Protectorate (as separate colony) Gilbert and Ellice Islands → surface form: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (as separate colony) Pitcairn Islands → surface form: Pitcairn Islands (as separate British Overseas Territory) independent Pacific island states →

Referenced by (4)

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

British Western Pacific Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → British Western Pacific Territories self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: British Western Pacific High Commission territories

Ellicean languages → historicalRegion → British Western Pacific Territories →

this entity surface form: British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

New Guinea campaign → location → British Western Pacific Territories →

this entity surface form: Territory of Papua

British Solomon Islands Protectorate → partOf → British Western Pacific Territories →