Talk:Gilbert and Ellice Islands

message: There is a mistake for the beginning of protectorate : only 1892 by Captain Davies
--Enzino 19:28, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Founding

message: Can someone go into the reasons the islands were split from each other? Chris 04:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Division

message: A clear description of the geographical location in relation to it's neighbouring areas is needed. The current map is useful (however somewhat low resolution), but this article could be improved a lot if someone actually writes where these islands were geographically.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.95.193 (talk) 22:10, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clearly specify where this is geographically! 

message: "The formation of the United Nations Organisation after World War II resulted in the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization committing to a process of decolonisation; as a consequence the British colonies in the Pacific started on a path to self-determination."
Since the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization apparently only came into being in 1961, a great deal of what is attributed to it (especially the phrase "as a consequence the British colonies in the Pacific started on a path to self-determination") happened before it existed, especially things that happened in 1947 and 1956. And quite what relevance the Special Committee has or had is not obvious either, given that it is - at least at present - mostly made up of countries intent on forming their own political bloc and paying little attention to the wishes of the inhabitants of the territories in question. Ghughesarch (talk) 02:07, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronology 

message: * 1892	May 27	Captain H.M. Davis of HMS Royalist lands at Abemana atoll and proclaims a British protectorate over the Gilbert Islands.
* September	A British protectorate is proclaimed over the Ellice Islands.
* 1897		Australian geologist Sir Edgeworth David drills an 1,100 foot deep bore shaft on Funafuti in the Ellice Group in a search for proof of Darwin’s theory on the origin of coral atolls.
* 1900	May 3	Albert Ellis, a New Zealander in the employ of the Pacific Islands Company, arrives at Banaba (Ocean) Island and discovers rich phosphate deposits.
* August 28	Laborers from Hawaii and the Gilbert Islands begin mining phosphate on Ocean Island.
* November 28	The jurisdiction of the British Resident Commissioner for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate is extended to Ocean Island by proclamation.
* 1901	September 28	Admiral Reginald Tupper arrives at Ocean Island aboard HMS Pylades to formally take possession of the island for Great Britain.
* The Pacific Islands Company becomes the Pacific Phosphate Company whose earnings from the Ocean Island diggings allow it to pay an average dividend of 27% during the first five years of operation.
* 1907		The administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony is moved to Ocean Island.
-Arorae (talk) 06:31, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facts to add to the article 

message: “AND WHEREAS on 1 October 1975 Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was graciously pleased to establish the Ellice Islands as a separate colony under their ancient name of Tuvalu;”
 
(With Tuvaluan Order in Privy Council) doesn’t mean that GEIC disappeared on 1st October 1975. It took 3 months, as established in this order, to enter in force the separation. The new headquarters were transferred on 1st January 1976, and the new colonies’ flags were raised only then.)--Arorae (talk) 12:00, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1975 Separation