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Conceived by Henry E. "Harry" Maude, lands commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, [1] and approved by His Excellency Sir Harry Luke, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, the goal of the project was to reduce overpopulation in the southern Gilbert Islands by developing three mostly uninhabited atolls in the Phoenix Islands archipelago:
Pages in category "Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Unlike Manra, Orona does not seem to have been worked for guano, but it became a coconut plantation and was made a p. It was the British Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme. Residents were evacuated in 1963 due to drought and the declining copra market. Islands of the Settlement Scheme and Enderbury Island
Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (6 P) S. Settlement schemes in Australia (3 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Settlement schemes in Oceania" The following 4 pages are in ...
The Phoenix Islands were added to the colony in 1937 with the view of a Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme. [49] On 6 August 1936, a party from HMS Leith landed on Canton Island in the Phoenix Group and planted a sign asserting British sovereignty in the name of King Edward VIII.
Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (6 P) Pages in category "Phoenix Islands" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect ...
The British colonial officer Gerald Gallagher established a headquarters of the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme in the village located on the island's western end, on the south side of the largest entrance to the lagoon. [N 3] Efforts to clear land and plant coconuts were hindered by a lack of drinking water. By June 1939, a few wells had ...
Phoenix Islands Protected Area; Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme; R. Rawaki This page was last edited on 25 August 2015, at 03:20 (UTC). Text is available ...