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  1. sudtourisme.nc

    The late 20th century in New Caledonia was a period marked by deep aspirations for independence. This was due to a growing desire for recognition and autonomy on the part of the population, particularly the Kanak communities.
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Category: History of New Caledonia by period. 4 languages. ... Decades in New Caledonia (12 C) Y. Years in New Caledonia (4 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 26 July 2019, at 13:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. [5] Located 16,100 km (10,000 mi) from Metropolitan France, it forms a sui generis collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status ...
  4. britannica.com

    Jan 15, 2025New Caledonia, French unique collectivity in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 900 miles (1,500 km) east of Australia. It includes the island of New Caledonia (the Grande Terre), where the capital, Noumea, is located; the Loyalty Islands; the Belep Islands; and the Ile des Pins. Learn more about New Caledonia here.
  5. en.wikipedia.org

    History of New Caledonia by period (4 C) * History of Nouméa (1 C) D. Disasters in New Caledonia (2 C) E. Elections in New Caledonia (1 C, 18 P) ... Pages in category "History of New Caledonia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0-9. 1988 French Matignon Accords referendum; A.
  6. virtualoceania.net

    Melanesians arrived in the New Caledonian archipelago about 1500 BCE. with Polynesians arriving around the 1100 AD. On the 4th of September 1774, Captain James Cook became the first European to see the archipelago and named it New Caledonia because of similarities with the Scottish highlands. Caledonia was the old Roman name for the highlands.
  7. populartimelines.com

    New Caledonia is a unique overseas collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is situated south of Vanuatu, approximately 1,210 km east of Australia, and about 17,000 km from France. The archipelago is part of the Melanesia subregion and includes several islands such as Grande Terre (referred to locally as 'Le Caillou'), the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the ...
  8. britannica.com

    Jan 15, 2025New Caledonia - French Colony, Melanesia, Pacific: Melanesians settled the islands about 3000 bce and, except for rare Polynesian voyagers, probably were cut off from outside contact until the late 18th century ce. In 1774 the British navigator and explorer James Cook landed at Balade, on the east coast of the mainland, and he named the island New Caledonia for his father's native Scotland.
  9. Sep 25, 20241853: France Seizes New Caledonia. On September 24, 1853, under orders from Napoleon III, Rear Admiral Febvrier-Despointes officially took possession of New Caledonia for France, an island in the Pacific located 18,000 km from mainland France and 2,000 km from Australia. The capital, Port-de-France, now known as Nouméa, was founded in June 1854.
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