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The 36th Battalion: a record of service of the 36th Battalion with the Third Division in the Pacific
New Caledonia landscape, Mount Dent de St. Vincent from Peyrolles Ridge — New Caledonia — The largest island in the Pacific, apart from New Guinea. New Caledonia is a French colony. For 40 years at the end of last century, it was a convict settlement rivalling Devil's Island. There are 30,000 native Melanesians who in 1878 made a formidable rebellion against French rule, 8,000 indentured Javanese and Tonkiness labourers, and 17,000 French, the majority born in New Caledonia. The mineral wealth …
New Caledonia landscape, Mount Dent de St. Vincent from Peyrolles Ridge
New Caledonia
The largest island in the Pacific, apart from New Guinea. New Caledonia is a French colony. For 40 years at the end of last century, it was a convict settlement rivalling Devil's Island. There are 30,000 native Melanesians who in 1878 made a formidable rebellion against French rule, 8,000 indentured Javanese and Tonkiness labourers, and 17,000 French, the majority born in New Caledonia. The mineral wealth of the island is enormous. Compared with most Pacific islands, New Caledonia appears very bare, with its steep mountain ranges and drab niaouli flats. The climate is quite pleasant and dry. Nouméa with its population of 11,000 has a magnificent land-locked harbour