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Banaba

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Ba·na·ba  (b-näb) or O·cean Island (shn)
An island of Kiribati in the west-central Pacific Ocean. First visited by the British in 1804, the island was annexed in 1900 and served as the capital of the colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II.
Banaba [bəˈnɑːbə]
n
(Placename) an island in the SW Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati. Phosphates were mined by Britain (1900-79). Area: about 5 sq. km (2 sq. miles). Pop.: 284 (1990) Also called Ocean Island


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Other outsiders' accounts, such as that by Lilian Arundel, who spent six months on Banaba in 1906 as the daughter of the manager of the Pacific Phosphate Company, stand in contrast with Banabans' own memories.
One & A Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of ... by Pollock, Nancy J. / Pacific Affairs
Chapters 5 through 8 review the current archaeological record from individual islands and groups: the Mariana Islands; Palau, Yap and the Carolinian Atolls; the Eastern Caroline Islands; the atolls of the Marshalls and Kiribati; Banaba and Nauru; and the Polynesian 'outliers' Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro.
The Archaeology of Micronesia by Rubinstein, Donald H. / Pacific Affairs
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