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...

neighbour being Banaba (part of Kiribati) about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east. With an area of only 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi), Nauru is the third-smallest...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

particular, the Jaluit Company was noted for its role in the early phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru. However, unlike other German colonial companies (such...

Nauru Head Chief of Nauru Politics of Nauru President of Nauru Australia–Nauru relations Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru World Statesmen.org: Nauru...

entrepreneur who was instrumental in the development of the mining of phosphate rock on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island). Williams & Macdonald...

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

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...

mining, and even bomb testing. Aldabra Banaba Daitō Islands Henderson Island Kiritimati Makatea Nauru Islands portal Benton TG. (1995). Biodiversity and biogeography...

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

Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) was a 3-kilometre (2 mi)-long phosphate mining railway on Ocean Island (later renamed Banaba Island). It had an...

prospector in the Pacific. He discovered phosphate deposits on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island) in 1900. He was the British Phosphate Commissioner...

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

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...

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

Gesellschaft of Hamburg, to form the Pacific Phosphate Company, ('PPC') to engage in phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru. Gordon's ethnographic collection from...

to diminution in the value of the land because of non-performance of the covenant. English trust law Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru [1977] Ch 106...

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...

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...

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...

the artefacts he picked up (especially from islands such as Nauru and Banaba, where phosphate rock was being mined) he donated to the Australian Museum...

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...

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...