02741ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000072000722450146001442640014002903000028003043360021003323370023003533380032003765000019004085060201004275201304006285330077019325400252020098560262022614550140313k19281964xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aGilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Ellice Islands District (Tuvalu)10aOffice of the District Commissioner, general correspondence, registers and miscellaneous records, 1928-1964; Western Pacific Archives Tuv 10.  c1928-1964  a2 reels; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 1306  aAvailable for reference. Access for research purposes only. Not to be reproduced without written permission of the Tuvalu National Library and Archives, Private Mail Bag, Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu.2 aFormerly known as the Ellice Islands, Tuvalu became a British protectorate in 1892, and in 1916 the islands became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Tuvalu was administrered as a single administrative unit from the district headquarters in Funafuti. American military bases were set up at Funafuti, Nanumea and Nukufetau in 1942. Funafuti became the administrative centre of the colony for the period of the Japanese occupation of Nauru and the Gilbert Islands. The colonial headquarters shifted to Tarawa after the War. Tuvalu was granted self-government on 1 October 1975. General correspondence, registers and miscellaneous records from the Office of the District Commissioner, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Ellice Islands District, as arranged by the Western Pacific Archives, including the following series: TUV10/II General correspondence files, multiple number series, 1947-1963. TUV10/III Unnumbered files, (undated). TUV10/IV File Indexes & Correspondence Registers, 1946-1947. TUV10/VII District & Station Diaries, 1948-1964. TUV10/VIII Various Registers, 1948-1951. TUV10/IX Ellice Islands District Records Book (undated). TUV10/X Cooperatives Manual, 1953. TUV10/XI Instructions to, and Legislation of, Native Governments, 1947-60. See Finding aids for details.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for reference. Access for research purposes only. Not to be reproduced without written permission of the Tuvalu National Library and Archives, Private Mail Bag, Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu.uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/office-of-district-commissioner-general-correspondence-registers-and-miscellaneous-records-1928-1964-western-pacific-archives-tuv-10zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.