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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
British Western Pacific Territories canonical	7
British Far East territories	1
British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony	1
British Western Pacific High Commission territories	1
Territory of Papua	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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Ocean Island ⓘ Phoenix Islands ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ surface form: Tokelau Islands 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 (11)

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

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

New Guinea campaign → location → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Papua

Ellicean languages → historicalRegion → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

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

this entity surface form: British Western Pacific High Commission territories

Crown Colony of Singapore → partOf → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Far East territories

Western Pacific High Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

Resident Commissioners → appliesToJurisdiction → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

Gilbert and Ellice Islands → predecessor → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

Union Islands → partOf → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

Union Islands → administeredBy → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ

Chief Minister of the Gilbert Islands → locatedIn → British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ