Nauru [SEP] continent
the 1969 Pacific Games, where it defeated the Solomon Islands and Fiji.
Rugby sevens popularity has increased over the last two years, so much so that they have a national team.
Nauru competed in the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship in New Zealand.
Culture Holidays.
Independence Day is celebrated on 31 January.
Public services.
Public services Education.
Literacy on Nauru is 96 per cent. Education is compulsory for children from six to sixteen years old, and two more non-compulsory years are offered
continent, Queensland attempted an expansion into New Guinea, but British authorities rejected this; the claim would later be made a British protectorate and ceded to Australia. The League of Nations mandated northeast New Guinea to Australia after World War I, as well as Nauru, which was placed under joint Australian-British-New Zealand jurisdiction. These mandates (and, later, United Nations trust territories) became the independent nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea in the mid-20th century. Australia has also obtained several small island territories, mainly