1945
Banaba and Rabi
What we know
- Phosphate mining stripped much of Banaba (Ocean Island) in present-day Kiribati.
- Rabi Island in Fiji was bought for the Banabans, and many were resettled there in 1945.
Pictures in this chapter
sketch map of Rabi Island, Fiji, Pacific Ocean (2010)
Rabi Island, Fiji
Map of Rabi Island, Fiji, Pacific Ocean, showing villages
Banaba Island - Marplot Map with Contours (1-20,000) (2007)
Banaba (Ocean Island) seen from space (2002)
Astronaut photograph of Banaba, Kiribati, with villages and landmarks
The Pacific Phosphate Company offices on Ocean Island (Banaba)
Ocean Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) (1906)
Ocean Island railway, main line (1906)
Ocean Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) (1907)
OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. NABETARI, A GILBERTESE ISLANDER WHO LIVED AT SEA FOR 7 MONTHS WHILE ESCAPING FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND.
Banabans in the Banaba island, the beginning of the 20th century (1900)
Sources
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