Falkland Islands Dependencies
Falkland Islands Dependencies | |||||||||||||
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| 1843–1982 Argentine Occupation: 1982 1982–1985 | |||||||||||||
| Motto: "Desire the Right" | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the King/Queen" | |||||||||||||
| Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands Dependencies (1952–1985) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Overseas Territory | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Stanley | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||||||
| Government | Crown colony | ||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1843–1901 | Victoria (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1952–1985 | Elizabeth II (last) | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1843–1848 | Richard Moody (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1980–1985 | Sir Rex Hunt (last) | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1843 | ||||||||||||
| 2 April 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 14 June 1982 | |||||||||||||
• Dissolution | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling Falkland Islands pound (from 1899) | ||||||||||||
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The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the various British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Stanley.