Abstract
Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, Tuvalu is a group of nine islands in the western central Pacifc. Joining the British controlled Gilbert Islands Protectorate in 1916, they became the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony.
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Bennetts, P. and Wheeler, T., Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu. Lonely Planet Publications, Melbourne, 2001
National Statistical Office: Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Industries, Private Bag, Vaiaku, Funafuti.
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Turner, B. (2006). Tuvalu. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2007. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271357_289
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