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The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were proclaimed a protectorate in 1892 and annexed (at the request of the native governments) as the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony on 10 Nov. 1915 (effective on 12 Jan. 1916). On 1 Oct. 1975 the former Ellice Islands severed its constitutional links with the Gilbert Islands and took a new name Tuvalu.
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Further Reading
Kiribati, Aspects of History. Univ. of South Pacific, 1979
Bailey, E., The Christmas Island Story. London, 1977
Cowell, R., Structure of Gilhertese. Suva, 1950
Grimble, Sir Arthur, A Pattern of Islands. London, 1953.—Return to the Islands. London, 1957
Maude, H. E., Of Islands and Men. London. 1968.—Evolution of the Gilhertese Boti. Suva, 1977
Sabatier, E., Astride the Equator. Melbourne, 1978
Whincup, T., Nareau’s Nation. London, 1979
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Paxton, J. (1989). Kiribati. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271180_93
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