British Western Pacific Territories
The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown, styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Except for Fiji and the Solomon Islands, most of these colonial possessions were relatively minor.
British Western Pacific Territories | |
|---|---|
| 1877–1976 | |
| Anthem: God Save the Queen | |
| Status | Colonial entity |
| Capital | Suva 1877–1952 Honiara 1952–1976 |
| Common languages | English (official), Fijian, Tongan, Gilbertese and various Austronesian languages regionally |
| Government | Constitutional monarchy, colony |
| High Commissioner | |
• 1877–1880 | Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1st) |
• 1973–1976 | Sir Donald Luddington (23rd and final) |
| Chief Judicial Commissioner | |
• 1877–1882 | Sir John Gorrie (1st) |
• 1938–1942 | Sir Harry Luke |
• 1965–1975 | Sir Jocelyn Bodilly (14th and final) |
| Historical era | 19th and 20th centuries |
• Western Pacific Order in Council | 13 August 1877 |
• Dissolution | 2 January 1976 |
| Currency | British pound sterling |
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