New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km east of Australia. Located 16,100 km from Metropolitan Fra
Two Kanak warriors posing with penis gourds and spears, around 1880
Chief King Jacques and his Queen, from The Romance of the South Seas, Clement Lindley Wragge, Chatto & Windus, 1906
Jean Lèques during a ceremony honouring U.S. service members who helped ensure the freedom of New Caledonia during World War II
Overseas France consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation
New Caledonia
…New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of 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. Located…
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