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The island was discovered by Capt. Fearn in 1798, annexed by Germany in Oct. 1888, and surrendered to the Australian forces in 1914. It was administered under a mandate, effective from 17 Dec. 1920, conferred on the British Empire and approved by the League of Nations until 1 Nov. 1947, when the United Nations General Assembly approved a trusteeship agreement with the governments of Australia, New Zealand and UK as joint administering authority. Independence was gained in 1968.
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Further Reading
Packett, C. N., Guide to the Republic of Nauru. Bradford, 1970
Pittman, G. A., Nauru, the Phosphate Island. London, 1959
Viviani, N., Phosphate and Political Progress. Canberra, 1970
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Paxton, J. (1989). Nauru. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271180_118
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