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Gilbert and Ellice Islands

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Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific. See: Kiribati Kiribati , officially Republic of Kiribati (2005 est. pop. 103,000), 342 sq mi (886 sq km), consisting of 33 islands scattered across 2,400 mi (3,860 km) of the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Tuvalu Tuvalu , independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 11,600), 10 sq mi (26 sq km), composed of nine low coral atolls, formerly known as the Ellice (or Lagoon) Islands, scattered over the W Pacific Ocean. The capital and largest city is Fongafale, on Funafuti.
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Gilbert and Ellice Islands

Former British colony, west-central Pacific Ocean. The colony consisted of the Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands), the northern Line Islands, and the Phoenix Islands. First visited by Europeans by the early 19th century, the group was proclaimed a British protectorate in 1892 and made a crown colony in 1916. In 1979 the colony was divided and formed parts of independent Kiribati and Tuvalu.
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Twilight of Pacific Colonialism" tells the story of the waning days of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony of the United Kingdom, through the eyes of a man who called the place home.
Twilight of Pacific Colonialism by Logan, Carl / Reviewer's Bookwatch
Byline: By STEVE ORME RECENTLY one of the extras from the Bounty hunters advert blamed waterlogging on the island of Tuvalu, in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on western 4x4s.
Cruising up the motorway; full chat by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
radio station at Suva in Fiji handled overseas traffic to Great Britain and Europe, via the Australian Beam Service, and also maintained communications with stations in Samoa, Tonga, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, New Caledonia, the New Hebrides and Hawaii.
"Leave without pay" the story of the AWA telegraphists in the Second ... by Wilson, Graham / Sabretache
 
 
 
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