German protectorate History of Nauru



3 october 1888: annexation ceremony w. king auweyida @ centre


in 1886, germany granted island under anglo-german declaration. island annexed germany in 1888 , incorporated germany s new guinea protectorate. on 1 october 1888, german gunboat sms eber landed 36 men on nauru. accompanied william harris german marines marched around island , returned twelve chiefs, white settlers , gilbertese missionary. chiefs kept under house arrest until next morning, when annexation ceremony began raising of german flag. germans told chiefs had surrender weapons , ammunition within 24 hours or chiefs taken prisoner. morning of 3 october 765 guns , 1,000 rounds of ammunition turned over. germans called island nawodo or onawero. arrival of germans ended war, , social changes brought war established kings rulers of island, known being king auweyida. christian missionaries gilbert islands arrived @ island in 1888. germans ruled nauru 3 decades. robert rasch, german trader married native woman, first administrator, appointed in 1890.


at time there twelve tribes on nauru: deiboe, eamwidamit, eamwidara, eamwit, eamgum, eano, emeo, eoraru, irutsi, iruwa, iwi , ranibok. today twelve tribes represented twelve-pointed star in flag of nauru.


phosphate discovered on nauru in 1900 prospector albert ellis. pacific phosphate company started exploit reserves in 1906 agreement germany. company exported first shipment in 1907.








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