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also: Countries: New Caledonia: People: Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. New ...
Maurice Leenhardt (1878–1954), missionary, pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia. [ 481 ] [ 482 ] Robert Whitaker McAll (1821–1893), Scottish founder of the Popular Evangelical Mission of France, for the Parisian working class and which is still currently in existence.
The earliest traces of human settlement in New Caledonia go back to the Lapita culture, about 3000 BP, i.e. 1000 BCE. [2] [3] In addition, Polynesian seafarers have intermarried with the Kanaks over the last centuries. [4] [5] New Caledonia was annexed to France in 1853, and became an overseas territory of France in 1956. An independence ...
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...
New Caledonian writers are those who are born and/or resided in New Caledonia. This category may include writers who are of indigenous Kanak descent.
Kanaka workers on a sugar cane plantation in Queensland, late 19th century. Loyalty Islanders employed as sailors on the New Caledonian coast. Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th and early ...
Karembeu was born in Lifou, New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Islands. [7] He played youth football for Nouméa-based Gaïtcha FCN. [8] [9] At the age of 17, he moved to France on a scholarship to study and play football. [10] He was recruited as a youth player by FC Nantes and signed a professional contract with the ...
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