Extract Conference Paper: "Cultural Identity of Banabans " First Banaban generation born on Banaba (Ocean Island) but raised on Rabi, Fiji 1950s BANABAN IDENTITY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II The question of Banaban identity was never an issue leading up to World War Two, but once Banabans were removed from the island in 1943 (1), by the invading Japanese forces and subsequently relocated to Rabi, Fiji in 1945, the situation for the Banabans became very tenuous. From the post-war pe

Banabans are calling on the Australia government to recognise their major contribution to Australia's farming industry.

Millions of tons of Banaba's phosphate containing the crushed bones of their ancestors would be removed and scattered over Australia