Rock of Contention: Free French and Americans at War in New Caledonia, 1940-1945.
D754 2005-046941 1-57181-682-8 Rock of contention; Free French and Americans at war in New Caledonia, 1940-1945. Munholland, Kim. Berghahn Books, [c]2005 251 p. $60.00 Munholland (history, U. of Minnesota) examines one arena where...

Holland America Line to Circumnavigate Australia in 2010.
Plus itineraries include a new series of 14-day Sydney, Australia, roundtrip sailings -- and 34-day Australia circumnavigation voyage that includes two days' daylight scenic cruising in the Great Barrier Reef SEATTLE, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2010, Holland America Line will feature new itineraries throughout the Southern...

Holland America Adds More Sydney, Australia, Round-Trip Voyages in 2010.
SEATTLE, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line will add to its schedule of round-trip Sydney, Australia, sailings in 2010. The line has created three exciting 14-day cruises aboard ms Volendam geared to exploring the vast region that encompasses Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Two...

Lapita period modelled ceramic face from New Caledonia.
Abstract I report here a new Lapita period clay modelled face from the Lapita (WKO013A) site. This is similar to the seven Lapita period faces already known. I discuss the role that such faces could have played in Lapita culture and suggest they could have been made...

600 OFWs working in New Caledonia safe.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said the 600 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) working at a nickel and cobalt processing plant in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea are safe and sound despite the political tension in the territory. The...

Oceanic rock art: first direct dating of prehistoric stencils and paintings from New Caledonia (Southern Melanesia).
Introduction Defining the history of pre-European settlement in the Pacific has been a subject of scholarly concern since Captain James Cook sailed these oceans in the eighteenth century. Archaeological research of the last 50 years provides a fairly clear picture of the successive stages of human expansion...

Melanesia, not Polynesia.
Re: your review of 'Dancing, dying crawling, crying' (Mixed Media, NI 415). If Tikopia is in the Solomon Islands it is in Melanesia, not Polynesia - the islands of the Western Pacific, primarily Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, are Melanesian; whereas Polynesia is further...

ECOTOURISM IN NEW CALEDONIA.
Ecotourism is the current buzzword in development circles for the interior of new Caledonia's Grande Terre and Loyalty Islands Province. Difference and separateness together with primeval and endemic are its nature and culture themes. New Caledonia is becoming one of the newest alternative tourism destinations in the...

Entries for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008.
Entries subject to change, crew details as per information provided to the CYCA by 7 November, 2008. For up to date crew lists, please refer to www.rolexsydneyhobart.com under 'Yachts'. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 41SUD SAIL NO: FRA8995 LOA: 12.00m CLASS: IRC...

FIBA Asia-Oceania merger perils RP bid.
The country's bid to earn an Olympic spot in the 2012 London Games will become tougher if plans by the world governing body for basketball (FIBA) to unite the qualifying tournaments for Asia and Oceania push through. If the merger happens, the Philippines faces the daunting task...