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The island was discovered by Capt. Fearn in 1798, annexed by Germany in Oct. 1888 and surrendered to Australian forces in 1914. It was administered by the UK under a League of Nations mandate from 1920 until 1947 when the UN approved a trusteeship agreement with Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Independence was gained on 31 Jan. 1968.
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Weeremantry, C., Nauru: Environmental Damage under International Trusteeship. OUP, 1992
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Turner, B. (2003). Nauru. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271326_227
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