British Western Pacific Territories
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The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown, styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Except for Fiji and the Solomon Islands, most of these colonial possessions were relatively minor.
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British Western Pacific Territories | |
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1877–1976 | |
Anthem: God Save the King | |
Status | Colonial entity |
Capital | Suva 1877–1952 Honiara 1952–1976 |
Common languages | English (official), Fijian, Tongan, Gilbertese and various Austronesian languages regionally |
Government | Constitutional monarchy, colony |
High Commissioner | |
• 1877–1880 | Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1st) |
• 1973–1976 | Sir Donald Luddington (23rd and final) |
Chief Judicial Commissioner | |
• 1877–1882 | Sir John Gorrie (1st) |
• 1938–1942 | Sir Harry Luke |
• 1965–1975 | Sir Jocelyn Bodilly (14th and final) |
Historical era | 19th and 20th centuries |
• Western Pacific Order in Council | 13 August 1877; 146 years ago (1877-08-13) |
• Dissolution | 2 January 1976; 48 years ago (1976-01-02) |
Currency | British pound sterling |
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