Anglo-French condominium

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The Anglo-French condominium was a rare form of joint colonial rule in which Britain and France simultaneously administered the Pacific archipelago later known as Vanuatu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial political arrangement
condominium
former colonial regime
administeredBy France
United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Condominium of the New Hebrides
New Hebrides Condominium
appliedToTerritory New Hebrides archipelago
linked to: New Hebrides

present-day Vanuatu
capital Port Vila
colonialPower France
United Kingdom
colonialStatus joint protectorate
country New Hebrides
currency Australian dollar
Australian pound
New Hebrides franc
endCause independence of Vanuatu
endedWithEvent independence of New Hebrides as Vanuatu in 1980
endTime 1980
establishedBy Anglo-French agreement of 1906
governmentType condominium
dual colonial administration
hadCoatOfArms emblem of the New Hebrides Condominium
hadFlag flag of the New Hebrides Condominium
hadIndigenousPopulation Ni-Vanuatu
linked to: Vanuatu
hadLegalSystem joint Anglo-French court
separate British jurisdiction
separate French jurisdiction
hadResidentCommissionerFrom France
United Kingdom
historicalPeriod 20th century
legalNameOfTerritory New Hebrides
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean
notableFor rare example of joint colonial rule by two powers
officialLanguage Bislama
English
French
partOf European colonial empires in Oceania
precededBy British influence in New Hebrides
French influence in New Hebrides
regionType Pacific archipelago
replacedBy Republic of Vanuatu
linked to: Vanuatu
sharedSovereigntyBetween Britain
linked to: Great Britain

France
startTime 1906
successorState Vanuatu

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New Hebrides colonialStatus Anglo-French condominium
New Hebrides Condominium colonialStatus Anglo-French condominium
British Resident Commissioner appliesToJurisdiction Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides
linked to: Anglo-French condominium
British Resident Commissioner worksWith Anglo-French Condominium administration
linked to: Anglo-French condominium
Flag of the New Hebrides Condominium usedIn Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides
linked to: Anglo-French condominium
Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides partOf Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides
linked to: Anglo-French condominium