Administration of Nauru

Set up in 1921, when the first Administrator took office under the Nauru Island Agreement of 1919 between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand (given effect in Australia by the Nauru Island Agreement Act 1919), following wartime Australian military occupation. Phosphate mining was conducted separately by the British Phosphate Commissioners.

Legislation: Nauru Island Agreement Act 1919; Nauru Act 1965

1. 10 December 1928When the Department of Home and Territories was abolished, the Administrative Arrangements Order of December 1928 gave responsibility for the Nauru mandate to the Prime Minister's Department.
2. 26 June 1941Responsibility passed from the Prime Minister's Department to the new Department of External Territories.
3. August 1942The island was occupied by Japanese forces; the administration was suspended until Australian forces reoccupied Nauru in September 1945.
4. 1 November 1947Nauru became a United Nations trust territory, administered by Australia on behalf of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
5. 11 May 1951Responsibility passed to the new Department of Territories.
6. 31 January 1966Legislative and Executive Councils were established under the Nauru Act 1965, giving Nauruans a share in government.

Ended on 31 January 1968, when Nauru became an independent republic under the Nauru Independence Act 1967 and the trusteeship was terminated.

• Government of Nauru
• Administration of the island's Nauruan, Chinese and other communities
• Health, education and local services
• Liaison with the British Phosphate Commissioners
• Reporting to the League of Nations and United Nations on the territory

Last in the portfolio of Department of Territories.

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