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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
British Solomon Islands Protectorate canonical	12
British Solomon Islands	4
Solomon Islands	2
British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands	1
British Solomon Islands Protectorate (as separate colony)	1
British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)	1
Crown colony of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate	1
Solomon Islands (colonial administration)	1
Solomon Islands Protectorate	1

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 Protectorate ⓘ surface form: British Solomon Islands British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ surface form: 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 Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
formerCapital	Tulagi ⓘ
governmentType	British colonial administration ⓘ
includes	Choiseul Island ⓘ Guadalcanal ⓘ Makira ⓘ Malaita ⓘ New Georgia Islands ⓘ Rennell and Bellona ⓘ Santa Isabel Island ⓘ Southeastern Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
notableEvent	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: 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	Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: Colony of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Operation Watchtower → location → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands

Battle of Guadalcanal → location → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands

Tulagi → formerCapitalOf → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands (colonial administration)

Tulagi → countryBeforeIndependence → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

Guadalcanal → colonialName → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands

Henderson Field → countryDuringWorldWarII → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

British Solomon Islands Protectorate → alsoKnownAs → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands

British Solomon Islands Protectorate → alsoKnownAs → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands Protectorate

Guadalcanal Province → usedToBePartOf → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → hasJurisdictionOver → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → appliesToJurisdiction → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands

Battle of Edson's Ridge → countryAtTime → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands

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

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands Protectorate (as separate colony)

Malaita → partOf → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)

Nggela (Florida) Islands → wasFormerCapitalOf → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

Nggela people → colonialHistory → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

Crown of Solomon Islands → continuityFrom → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown colony of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate

Sikaiana → colonialHistory → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

Lunga Ridge → countryDuringWorldWarII → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

Western Pacific High Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

British protectorate → example → British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands