Crown Colony of North Borneo | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946–1963 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Motto: Latin: Pergo et Perago[1] (I persevere and I achieve)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the King (1946–1952) God Save the Queen (1952–1963) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Jesselton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | English, Bajau, Murut, Chinese, Kadazan Dusun, Sabah Malay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1946–1952 | George VI | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1952–1963 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1946–1949 | Edward Twining | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1959–1963 | William Goode | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||||||||
• North Borneo ceded to the Crown Colony | 15 July 1946[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 October 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31 August 1963[4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 September 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | North Borneo dollar, Malaya−British Borneo dollar | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Malaysia Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Crown Colony of North Borneo was a Crown colony on the island of Borneo established in 1946 shortly after the dissolution of the British Military Administration.[6] The Crown Colony of Labuan joined the new Crown colony during its formation. It was succeeded as the state of Sabah through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
- ^ Great Britain. Colonial Office (1956). Annual Report on North Borneo. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 6.
- ^ Great Britain. Colonial Office 1956, p. 6.
- ^ Anthony Kirk-Greene (12 June 1999). On Crown Service: A History of HM Colonial and Overseas Civil Services, 1837-1997. I.B.Tauris. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-86064-260-9.
- ^ "The National Archives DO 169/254 (Constitutional issues in respect of North Borneo and Sarawak on joining the federation)". The National Archives. 1961–1963. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Philip Mathews (28 February 2014). Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013. Editions Didier Millet. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-967-10617-4-9.
- ^ "British North Borneo Becomes Crown Colony". Trove. 18 July 1946. Retrieved 17 May 2016.