Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru information

The economy of Banaba and Nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental disaster on these islands, with 80% of the...

Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru The correct spelling and etymology in Gilbertese should be Bwanaba but the Constitution...

The Effects of phosphate mining in Nauru has had a significant negative impacts on the island's environment and economy. One of the most prominent effects...

trees, and indigenous hardwoods, such as the tamanu tree. Nauru was one of three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean, along with Banaba (Ocean...

917. Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean—the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French...

Iran and Iraq, at the town of Akashat, near the Jordanian border. Central Asia: Kazakhstan Oceania: Australia, Makatea, Nauru, and Banaba Island In 2007...

of and topical guide to Nauru: Nauru – sovereign island nation located in the Micronesian South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the...

Island, Nauru, and Banaba (Ocean Island) from 1920 until 1981. Nauru was a mandate territory governed on behalf of Nauru by Australia, Britain and New Zealand...

substantially in recent decades due to phosphate mining. The Nauru reed warbler is potentially threatened by introduced predators and habitat loss, and its small...

President of Nauru. Nauru Politics of Nauru President of Nauru Lists of office-holders Australia–Nauru relations Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru World Statesmen...

of the Gilberts Banaba (or Ocean Island) is a raised-coral island. It was once a rich source of phosphates, but was exhausted in mining before independence...

children while in Nauru; Paul, Mabel, Philip, and Margaret. They were thought to be among the first purely white children born there. Rich phosphate deposits...

being Nauru and Banaba. The Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd, (PPC), which was founded by John T. Arundel and involved in mining at Nauru and Banaba, formed...

Katerina Martina (2014). Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253014528. Prestt...

mining and shipping of phosphate and keeping order among the workers. Ocean Island (now Banaba) was included in the protectorate in 1900 and then in the...

Macdonald (1985). The Phosphateers. Melbourne University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-522-84302-6. Ellis, Albert F. (1935). Ocean Island and Nauru; Their Story. Sydney...

characterized by phosphate mining on Ocean Island. In October 1975, these islands were divided by force of law into two separate colonies, and they became...

rich with phosphate deposits; the deposits were identified around 1900. Nauru was under Australian mandate control, and Ocean Island (or Banaba) was headquarters...

The phosphate resources of the islands were exploited by Japanese mining companies, which took over the German phosphate mines on Angaur island and expanded...

the Pacific Phosphate Company, which commenced phosphate mining in Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). Whibley worked for three years in the editorial...

Arundel and Company which evolved into the Pacific Islands Company, and later the Pacific Phosphate Company, which commenced phosphate mining in Nauru and Banaba...

subsequently the Pacific Phosphate Co., which exploited high-grade phosphate deposits on Nauru and Banaba (then known as Ocean Island) that were refined to create...

company mining the phosphate deposits on Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island) that were part of the BWPT. Mahaffy was the Resident Commissioner in the Anglo-French...