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Series
Colonial Office and successors: British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides: Registered...
Catalogue reference: CO 1060
What's it about?
CO 1060
Records detailing the work of the British Resident Commissioner in Port Vila in the New Hebrides.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 1060
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and successors: British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records detailing the work of the British Resident Commissioner in Port Vila in the New Hebrides.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from 1902 to 1980
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- 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.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15647/
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