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15世纪开始，维多利亚一直由[[汶萊帝國]]统治。<ref name="lb history">{{cite book|author1=Stephen R. Evans|author2=Abdul Rahman Zainal|author3=Rod Wong Khet Ngee|title=The History of Labuan Island (Victoria Island)|url=http://library.perdana.org.my/Digital_Content/NLM/Batch3/B03_PDF_DVD001/15%20sep/M959.521EVAHistoryOfLabuanVictoriaIsland.pdf|year=1996|publisher=Calendar Print Pte Ltd|format=PDF|isbn=981-00-7764-5|access-date=2014-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701160652/http://library.perdana.org.my/Digital_Content/NLM/Batch3/B03_PDF_DVD001/15%20sep/M959.521EVAHistoryOfLabuanVictoriaIsland.pdf|archive-date=2013-07-01|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=R. W. McColl|title=Encyclopedia of World Geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJgnebGbAB8C&pg=PA123|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7229-3|pages=123–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Carlos Ramirez-Faria|title=Concise Encyclopeida of World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGKsS-9h4BYC&pg=PA97|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0775-5|pages=97–}}</ref> 过后汶萊帝國苏 丹{{tsl|en|Omar 丹Omar Ali Saifuddin II|奥玛阿里·赛夫丁}}把维多利亚的控制权转让给了英国。<ref name="lb history"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubd.edu.bn/academic/faculty/FASS/staff/docs/BAH/revival.pdf|title=Brunei Revival of 1906 (A Popular History) – The Surrender of Labuan and The First Brunei-British Treaty|publisher=[[文莱达鲁萨兰大学|Universiti Brunei Darussalam]]|work=Brunei Press Sdn Bhd|date=2006|accessdate=2014-04-29|author=B.A. Hussainmiya|pages=12/34|location=[[斯里巴加湾市|Bandar Seri Begawan]]|isbn=99917-32-15-2|format=[[可移植文档格式|PDF]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912112209/http://www.ubd.edu.bn/academic/faculty/FASS/staff/docs/BAH/revival.pdf|archive-date=2014-09-12|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/treacher1891.pdf|title=British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan and North Borneo|publisher={{tsl|en|Trinity Theological College, Singapore||Trinity Theological College}}|work={{tsl|en|University of California Libraries||University of California Libraries}}|date=1891|accessdate=2014-04-29|author=W. H. Treacher, C.M.G. M.A. Oxon|pages=12 / Chapter VI. Pages 84–92|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011213647/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/treacher1891.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-11|dead-url=yes}}</ref> 奉英国[[维多利亚 (英国君主)|维多利亚女皇]]之命，英国海军军 官{{tsl|en|Rodney 官Rodney Mundy||罗尼·曼迪}} 访问并且正式接管了维多利亚。<ref name="lb history"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Sabah. Jawatankuasa Penerbitan Perayaan Sabah 100 Tahun|title=Sejarah Sabah dalam gambar (1881–1981)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=na9GAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|language=ms|publisher=Jawatankuasa Penerbitan Perayaan Sabah 100 Tahun|access-date=2018-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501190319/https://books.google.com/books?id=na9GAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-05-01|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Stephen R. Evans|author2=Abdul Rahman Zainal|author3=Rod Wong Khet Ngee|title=The history of Labuan Island (Victoria Island)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dd9uAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Calendar Print Pte Ltd|isbn=978-981-00-7764-8}}</ref>

小岛于1963年成为马来西亚[[沙巴]]州的一部分。1984年|沙巴州政府把岛屿的控制权转让给了[[马来西亚政府]]。<ref name="lb history"/>为了促进维多利亚的经济增长，马来西亚政府于1990年10月宣布该区为国际[[离岸金融中心]]以及{{tsl|en|free trade zone|| 自由贸易区}} 。<ref name="lb history"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?rp=19|title=Chapter 8: Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre|publisher=[[马来西亚国家银行|Bank Negara Malaysia]]|accessdate=2014-05-01|quote=Labuan was declared as an International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC) in October 1990 to complement the activities of the domestic financial market in [[吉隆坡|Kuala Lumpur]], strengthen the contribution of financial services to [[國民收入|Gross National Product]]s of Malaysia as well as develop the island and areas within its vicinity.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033011/http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?rp=19|archive-date=2014-05-02|dead-url=yes}}</ref>