Australian administration of Nauru

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The Australian administration of Nauru was the period when Australia governed the Pacific island nation under a League of Nations mandate and later a UN trusteeship, significantly shaping its political, legal, and educational systems.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
United Nations trust territory administration ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
administeredTerritory Nauru ⓘ
administeredUnderUNTrusteeshipFrom 1947 ⓘ
administeredUnderUNTrusteeshipTo 1968 ⓘ
affectedIndigenousPopulation Nauruan people ⓘ
linked to: Nauruans
capitalDuringAdministration Yaren District ⓘ
coTrusteePower New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryAdministering Australia ⓘ
criticizedFor over-exploitation of phosphate resources ⓘ
currencyUsed Australian dollar ⓘ
Australian pound ⓘ
duringWorldWar World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
endTime 1968 ⓘ
endTimeAsUNTrusteeship 1968 ⓘ
followedBy Republic of Nauru ⓘ
linked to: Nauru
grantedLimitedSelfGovernmentIn 1966 ⓘ
independenceDateOfTerritory 31 January 1968 ⓘ
influencedEducationalSystemOf Nauru ⓘ
influencedLegalSystemOf Nauru ⓘ
influencedPoliticalSystemOf Nauru ⓘ
interruptedBy Japanese occupation of Nauru ⓘ
introducedEducationSystemModeledOn Australian education system ⓘ
introducedInstitution Nauru Island Council ⓘ
Nauru Local Government Council ⓘ
introducedLanguageOfAdministration English ⓘ
introducedLegalSystemModeledOn Australian common law ⓘ
introducedPoliticalInstitutionsModeledOn Westminster system ⓘ
JapaneseOccupationPeriod 1942–1945 ⓘ
legalBasis League of Nations mandate system ⓘ
United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity phosphate mining ⓘ
mandateConfirmedBy League of Nations ⓘ
oversawInfrastructureDevelopmentIn Nauru ⓘ
pathToIndependenceCulminatedIn independence of Nauru ⓘ
phosphateMiningManagedBy British Phosphate Commissioners ⓘ
precededBy German colonial administration of Nauru ⓘ
primaryAdministrativeResponsibilityHeldBy Australia ⓘ
resourceExploited phosphate deposits ⓘ
resumedAfter World War II ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
startTimeAsMandate 1920 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
topicOf Nauru independence negotiations ⓘ
trusteeshipSupervisedBy United Nations Trusteeship Council ⓘ
linked to: Trusteeship Council

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nauruan → hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom → Australian administration of Nauru ⓘ
Government of Nauru → predecessor → Trust Territory administration of Nauru ⓘ
linked to: Australian administration of Nauru
Class C mandate → includesExample → Nauru mandate ⓘ
linked to: Australian administration of Nauru
Japanese occupation of Nauru → precededBy → Australian administration of Nauru ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Nauru → followedBy → Australian trusteeship of Nauru ⓘ
linked to: Australian administration of Nauru