decolonisation of oceania
timeline
Table:
Country

Colonial name

Colonial power[1]

Independence date[2]

First head of state[3]

War for independence

Indonesia[4]

Dutch East Indies

Netherlands

27 December 1949[5]

Sukarno

Indonesian National Revolution

Samoa

UN Trust Territory

Germany; Britain; New Zealand

1 January 1962

Malietoa Tanumafili II and Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole[6]

-[7]

Nauru

UN Trust Territory

Germany; Britain; Australia[8]

31 January 1968

Hammer DeRoburt

-

Tonga

Tonga

Britain

4 June 1970

Taufaʻahau Tupou IV

-

Fiji

Fiji

Britain

10 October 1970

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara

-

Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea

Germany/Britain;[9] Australia

16 September 1975

Michael Somare

-

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Britain

7 July 1978

Peter Kenilorea

-

Tuvalu

Ellice Islands

Britain

1 October 1978

Toaripi Lauti

-

Kiribati

Gilbert Islands

Britain

12 July 1979

Ieremia Tabai

-

Vanuatu

New Hebrides

Britain/France[10]

30 July 1980

George Kalkoa

-[11]

Australia

Australia

Britain

1901/1942/1986

n/a

-

Marshall Islands

UN Trust Territory

Germany; Japan; USA

21 October 1986

Amata Kabua

-

Micronesia

UN Trust Territory

Germany; Japan; USA

3 November 1986

Tosiwo Nakayama

-

New Zealand

New Zealand

Britain

1853/1907/1947/1986[12]

Henry Sewell

-

Cook Islands

Cook Islands

New Zealand

1965/1992/current[13]

n/a

-

Palau

UN Trust Territory

Germany; Japan; USA

1 October 1994

Kuniwo Nakamura

-

Niue

Niue

New Zealand

1974/1994/current[14]

n/a

-

Timor-Leste[15]

Portuguese Timor;
Timor Timur

Portugal;
Indonesia

28 November 1975;
20 May 2002[16]

Francisco Xavier do Amaral;
Xanana Gusmão

Carnation Revolution;
Indonesian occupation

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