Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Governor of Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson and Oeno Islands: Registered Files

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Details of FCO 94
Reference: FCO 94
Title: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Office of the Governor of Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson and Oeno Islands: Registered Files
Description:

This series contains records created in the British High Commission in New Zealand supporting the work of the governor of the islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno, a post held by the High Commissioner.

Date: 1973
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Governor of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, 1970-

Physical description: 1 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Custodial history: These records were created by staff in the British High Commission in New Zealand, working for the High Commissioner in his other capacity as Non-resident Governor of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands.
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1970
Selection and destruction information: Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting British adminsitration of the islands. Policy files not duplicating material held in FCO headquarters files selected.
Accruals: Occasional further accruals can be expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

From 1952 until 1970, the Pitcairn group of islands was administered by the Governor of Fiji, an arrangement that was terminated when Fiji became independent in October of that year. The non-resident post of Governor of the islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno islands has been held since 1970 by the British high commissioners in New Zealand. The records of the governor's office are therefore created and managed by high commission staff.

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