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Resettling Nauruans
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) BRISBANE, March 28. Attempts to resettle Nauru Islanders on Curtis Island, off the Queensland coast, have been abandoned by the Australian Government, a Federal Parliamentarian said yesterday.
The Australian Government planned to settle Nauruans on Curtis Island when Nauru’s phosphate deposits become exhaus-
ted in about 30 years. Mr George Gray, member for the electorate which includes Curtis Island, said he had been advised by the Minister for Territories (Mr Charles Barnes) that the Government had abandoned the scheme.
Australia would notify other members of the triumvirate governing Nauru—Britain and New Zealand.
Proposals to resettle Nauruans on Curtis Island were criticised when they were made public last year.
Both Nauruans and residents of Curtis Island opposed the plans.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30711, 29 March 1965, Page 11
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30711, 29 March 1965, Page 11
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