Colonial Office and successors: British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides: Registered...

CO 1060

1957-1973

Records detailing the work of the British Resident Commissioner in Port Vila in the New Hebrides.

Public Record(s)

English

• Colonial Office, British Resident Commissioner, Port Vila, New Hebrides, 1902-1966
• Commonwealth Office, British Resident Commissioner, Port Vila, New Hebrides, 1966-1968
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Resident Commissioner, Port Vila, New Hebrides, 1968-1980

2 file(s)

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topics

International

Australia and Pacific

Series ran from 1902 to 1980

Series is accruing

Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the history of the conduct of the UK's joint administration of the New Hebrides with France.

The New Hebrides were settled by French and British colonists in the 19th century. The British settlers were under the jurisdiction of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 1807 to 1902, when joint British and French Resident Commissioners were established in Port Vila. A formal Anglo-French Condominium was established in the New Hebrides in 1906, and continued until 1980, when the New Hebrides became an independent republic within the Commonwealth under the name of Vanuatu. The Resident Commissioners worked together to administer the Condominium, but had specific responsibility for those parts of the administration which were provided separately for members of the British and French communities.