British Solomon Islands Protectorate

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former British colony former British protectorate historical political entity

The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the South Pacific that encompassed most of the Solomon Islands from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the modern state of Solomon Islands in 1978.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony → former British protectorate → historical political entity →
administeredBy	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific →
administeredFrom	Fiji → Honiara →
alsoKnownAs	British Solomon Islands → Solomon Islands Protectorate →
capital	Honiara → Tulagi →
commonLanguage	Pijin →
continent	Oceania →
country	United Kingdom →
currency	pound sterling →
demographics	predominantly Melanesian population →
endDate	1978-07-07 →
establishedBy	Royal Navy → United Kingdom →
establishedUnder	British Empire →
flag	Union Jack →
formerCapital	Tulagi →
governmentType	British colonial administration →
includes	Choiseul Island → Guadalcanal → Makira → Malaita → New Georgia Islands → Rennell and Bellona → Santa Isabel Island → Temotu →
independenceDate	1978-07-07 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
independenceMovement	Solomon Islands independence movement →
laterCapital	Honiara →
legalSystem	English common law →
locatedIn	Melanesia → South Pacific Ocean →
notableBattle	Guadalcanal Campaign →
notableEvent	World War II Pacific campaign →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Empire → British Western Pacific Territories →
predecessor	unclaimed islands in the South Pacific →
religion	Christianity →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
startDate	1893-06-15 →
successor	Colony of the Solomon Islands → Dominion of Solomon Islands → Solomon Islands →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Western Pacific Territories → British Western Pacific Territories ("British Solomon Islands") → High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ("British Solomon Islands") →	appliesToJurisdiction
British Solomon Islands Protectorate ("British Solomon Islands") → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ("Solomon Islands Protectorate") →	alsoKnownAs
Tulagi → Tulagi ("Solomon Islands (colonial administration)") →	formerCapitalOf
Battle of Guadalcanal ("Solomon Islands") → Operation Watchtower ("Solomon Islands") →	location
Guadalcanal ("British Solomon Islands") →	colonialName
Battle of Edson's Ridge →	countryAtTime
Tulagi →	countryBeforeIndependence
Henderson Field →	countryDuringWorldWarII
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific →	hasJurisdictionOver
Malaita ("British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)") →	partOf
British Western Pacific Territories ("British Solomon Islands Protectorate (as separate colony)") →	successorEntity
Guadalcanal Province →	usedToBePartOf