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The NLGC continued to push for full independence and in December 1966 the UN General Assembly resolved to support the NLGC's position. [6] A final round of negotiations held in Canberra in April 1967 resulted in the Australian government agreeing to full political independence and a staged transition to Nauruan ownership of BPC assets. [7]
New Year's Day: The first day of the year. [1] 31 January Independence Day: Celebrates the Independence of Nauru, 31 January 1968 [2] Friday before Easter Sunday: Good Friday: The anniversary of the death of Jesus [3] The day after Easter Sunday: Easter Monday [4] 17 May Constitution Day: Celebrates when the Constitution of Nauru was created [5 ...
This page lists the individual Nauru year pages. It only references years after 1968, when the country gained independence. ... when the country gained independence ...
Nauruan warrior, 1880. Nauru was settled by Micronesians around 3,000 years ago, and there is evidence of possible Polynesian influence. [1] Nauruans subsisted on coconut and pandanus fruit, and engaged in aquaculture by catching juvenile ibija fish, acclimated them to freshwater conditions, and raised them in Buada Lagoon, providing an additional reliable source of food. [2]
31 January - Independence Day; 8 March - International Women's Day; 29 March - Good Friday; 30 March - Easter Saturday; 1 April - Easter Monday; 2 April - Easter Tuesday; 17 May - Constitution Day; 1 July - RONPhos Handover Day; 19 August - Ibumin Earoeni Day; 25 September - National Youth Day; 26 October - Angam Day; 25 December - Christmas Day
Nauru, [c] officially the Republic of Nauru [d], formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of the Oceania region in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.
31 January - Independence Day; 8 March - International Women's Day; 18 April - Good Friday; 20 April - Easter Sunday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 22 April - Easter Tuesday; 17 May - Constitution Day; 1 July - RONPhos Handover Day; 19 August - Ibumin Earoeni Day; 25 September - National Youth Day; 26 October - Angam Day; 25 December - Christmas Day
The mining left an ecological and economic disaster for Nauru to handle when the country achieved independence in 1968. Not only was the country's principal resource and employment generating activity almost entirely depleted by the rapid mining done by the three countries, the mining companies had also failed to follow the basic principles of ...