| Title |
Documents |
| Reference |
RCMS 315/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1975–1976 |
| Extent and Medium |
9 boxes; Photocopy |
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| Content and context |
A compilation of documents considered to be relevant to the case by the advisors to the different parties. The documents were photocopied from the archives of various sources, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Western Pacific High Commission in Honiara, British Phosphate Commission in Melbourne and the Banabans' own papers on Rabi Island, Fiji. They are chiefly in blue folders marked 'W.J.M.' (W.J. Mowbray, Q.C., who led for the plaintiff in Ocean Island No. 2). Folders nos 1-48 consist of a chronological sequence, 1900-1973. No. 49 is a supplement of miscellaneous documents from this period. Nos 50-54 were added as the case progressed and more documents came to light. There is no indication of in which year of the case the folders were compiled. |
| RCS/RCMS 315/1 contains: |
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1
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1900-1902. 111 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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2
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1903-1904. 153 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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3
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1905-1908. 65 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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4
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1909. 191 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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5
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1910. There are 271 numbered pages and a contents page.
1 folder. |
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6
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January-June 1911. There are 255 numbered pages and a contents page.
1 folder. |
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7
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July-December 1911. There are 231 numbered pages and a contents page.
2 envelopes. |
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8
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1912. There are 342 numbered pages and a contents page.
1 folder. |
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9
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January-June 1913. There are 194 numbered pages and a contents page.
1 folder. |
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10
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July-December 1913. There are 246 numbered pages and a contents page.
1 folder. |
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11
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January-June 1914. 199 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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12
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July-December 1914. 144 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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13
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1915. 228 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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14
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1916. 173 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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15
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1917. 78 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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16
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1918. 120 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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17
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1919-1920. 212 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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18
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1921. 118 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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19
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1922-1923. 172 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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20
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1924. 105 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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21
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1925-1926. 174 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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22
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January-July 1927. 147 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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23
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August-December 1927. 226 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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24
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1928. There are 231 numbered pages, including a translation of a letter from Arthur Grimble, Resident Commissioner on Ocean Island, to the people of Buakonikai (pp. 127-128), and the 'agreed translation' of the letter (pp. 128a-c), which was eventually accepted by the parties concerned and is quoted in full in the judgement.
1 folder. |
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25
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1929. 171 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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26
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January-September 1930. 216 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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27
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October-December 1930. 199 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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28
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1931. 205 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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29
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1932. 143 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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30
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1933. 141 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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31
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1934-1935. 142 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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32
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1936. 139 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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33
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January-June 1937. 173 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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34
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July-December 1937. 133 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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35
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1938-1939. 197 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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36
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1940-1944. 200 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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37
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1945. There are 126 numbered pages and additional pages marked '37 Supp', numbered 32-61/2, which include a letter from D. Kennedy to the Colonial Secretary, Fiji, 28 January 1946, and a report on the Banaban Settlement, 1945-1946.
1 folder. |
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38
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1946. There are 212 numbered pages, including a letter from D. Kennedy to the Colonial Secretary, Fiji, 28 January 1946 (pp. 22-23).
1 folder. |
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39
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1947. 146 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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40
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1948-1949. 187 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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41
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1950-1953. 153 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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42
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1954-1959. 161 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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43
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1960-1964. There are 212 numbered pages and retyped versions of pages 138-146 and 159-160.
1 folder. |
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44
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1965-1966. 175 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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45
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1967. 125 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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46
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1968. 174 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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47
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1969-March 1970. 175 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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48
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April 1970-1973. 130 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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49
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Miscellaneous, 1900-1973. 91 numbered pages. There is no title page.
1 folder. |
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50
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Technical Advisory Group report, 1966. 89 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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51
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Outside purchases of phosphate. 280 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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52
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Christmas Island Phosphate Co. royalty accounts, 1925-1941. There are 274 numbered pages and a few additional pages, including a letter from the British Phospate Commissioners to the Colonial Office, 4 April 1922.
1 folder. |
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53
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1910-1975. 284 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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54
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1888-1975. 71 numbered pages.
1 folder. |
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