CFWM Pacific/Ocean Islands, Vol.5

Largely reference material (e.g. newscuttings, circulars, CBMS papers, British government papers) relating to the treatment of the Banabans of Ocean Island and their claims for compensation, claims for separation from Gilbert Islands, etc. (inhabitants were transferred by British to Gilbert Islands...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/1971-1977/Box PAC/7
Date(s) of creation: 1979
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/1971-1977/Box PAC/7
Summary: Largely reference material (e.g. newscuttings, circulars, CBMS papers, British government papers) relating to the treatment of the Banabans of Ocean Island and their claims for compensation, claims for separation from Gilbert Islands, etc. (inhabitants were transferred by British to Gilbert Islands post WWII to allow development of phosphate mining). Includes correspondence of Bernard Thorogood, General Secretary of CCWM, who probably assembled the file. (file 5 of 5)
Previous numbers: 101
Extent: 1 file
Custodial history: Material donated to the Council for World Mission by Miss Smith, c.1980.
Acquisition: Transferred to SOAS from Council for World Mission offices in 2005
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright owned by Council for World Mission.
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive