Territory of Western Samoa
Territory of Western Samoa Teritori o Sāmoa i Sisifo (Samoan) | |||||||||
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| 1920–1962 | |||||||||
| Anthems: "God Defend New Zealand" (Samoan: Le Atua Puipui Niu Sila) "God Save the Queen" | |||||||||
| Status | Mandate of New Zealand (1920–1946) Trust Territory of New Zealand (1946–1962) | ||||||||
| Capital | Apia 13°50′S 171°45′W / 13.833°S 171.750°W | ||||||||
| Common languages | English (official) Samoan (native) Austronesian languages Papuan languages | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1920–1936 | George V | ||||||||
• 1936–1936 | Edward VIII | ||||||||
• 1936–1952 | George VI | ||||||||
• 1952–1962 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Administrator | |||||||||
• 1914–1919 | Robert Logan | ||||||||
• 1919–1923 | Robert Tate | ||||||||
• 1923–1928 | George Richardson | ||||||||
• 1928–1931 | Stephen Allen | ||||||||
• 1931–1935 | Herbert Hart | ||||||||
• 1935–1946 | Alfred Turnbull | ||||||||
• 1960–1962 | Jack Wright | ||||||||
| Historical era | British Empire | ||||||||
| 30 August 1914 | |||||||||
• Established | 17 December 1920 | ||||||||
• Trusteeship | 13 December 1946 | ||||||||
• Independence | 1 January 1962 | ||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling (1914–1930) New Zealand pound (1930–1962) Western Samoan pound (1930–67) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Samoa | ||||||||
The Territory of Western Samoa was the civil administration of Western Samoa by New Zealand between 1920 and Samoan independence in 1962. In 1914, German Samoa was captured by the Samoa Expeditionary Force shortly after the outbreak of World War I, and was formally annexed as a League of Nations mandate in 1920 in the Treaty of Versailles. It was later transformed into a United Nations Trust Territory following the dissolution of the League of Nations in 1946.