PLEBISCITE DAY, WESTERN SAMOA (1961) (AAPG W3606/1368)

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PLEBISCITE DAY, WESTERN SAMOA (1961) (AAPG W3606/1368)

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On May 9 1961 the people of Western Samoa voted for Independence from New Zealand. From the end of World War I until 1962, New Zealand controlled Samoa as a Class C Mandate under trusteeship through the League of Nations. Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and Savai'i, one of the biggest islands in Polynesia. The capital city, Apia, and Faleol...

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samoa / archives / new / zealand / pacific / independence / day / 50th / anniversary

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