ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Vanuatu </title> <META name="keywords" content="New Hebrides, Nouvelles Hebrides"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Vanuatu <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xvanuatu.html.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xvanuatu.html"> <img src = "../banners/banvanuatu.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 22nd 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides) </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> c. 2000-1500 B.C. <BR> c. 1300 B.C. <BR> 1605 <BR> 1768 <BR> 1774 <BR> 1825 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1839 <BR><BR> 1840 <BR> 1848 <BR> 1852 <BR> 1861 <BR> 1875 <BR><BR> 1878 <BR> 1882 <BR> 1888 <BR><BR> 1901 <BR><BR> 1902 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1935 <BR> 1941 <BR><BR> 1942-1945 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1980 <BR> 1980 <BR><BR> 1981 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1996 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Islands settled by Melanesians <BR> Lapita stoneware dating to c.1300 B.C. found <BR> Islands visited by Spanish navigator Pedro Ferdinand de Quiros <BR> Islands visited by French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville, named "Cyclades" <BR> Islands visited by British navigator James Cook, named "New Hebrides" <BR> Discovery of sandalwood caused influx of foreigners <BR> End of sandalwood boom <BR> Arrival of the first missionary, John Williams, of London Missionary Society; consumed <BR> by local cannibals <BR> Erromango struck by dysentery <BR> Arrival of French Catholic missionaries (Marists) <BR> Arrival of Scottish Protestan missionaries <BR> Erromango struck by measles <BR> French settlers applied to rench govt. for the islands to be placed under French <BR> protection <BR> Britain and France agreed to Island group remaining independent <BR> Caledonian Company brought in French settlers <BR> In order to end abuses of the indigenous population by foreign nationals, Britain and <BR> France established the Joint Anglo-French Naval Commision <BR> Australia's Pacific Islnds Labour Bill ended recruitment of indentured labour on <BR> New Hebrides <BR> France, Britain appointed resident commissioners <BR> Britain and France established a Condominium - a joint protectorate over the islands <BR> Both British Pound and French Franc became legal currency <BR> population had dropped to 45,000 <BR> New Hebrides Franc created as local currency; later that year overprinted with <BR> Cross of Lorraine <BR> WW II ; US naval bases established on the islands <BR> Apostolic Vicariate New Hebrides elevated to Diocesis of Vila <BR> U.N. petitioned for early independence <BR> New Hebrides Freedom Party founded, 1974 renamed Vanua'aku Party <BR> Elections held in Vanuatu <BR> Independence proclaimed, country renamed Vanuatu <BR> Attempts separate island states failed; separatisdt movement on Espiritu Santo suppressed <BR> by force from PNG (Coconut War) <BR> Vanuatu joined the U.N. <BR> Vanuatu introduced new currency, the Vatu <BR> Coup d'etat failed <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "600" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History of Vanuatu, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/vanuatu/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Vanuatu, from <A HREF = "http://www.electionworld.org/history/vanuatu.htm"><B>Election World</B></A> <BR> A Global History of Currencies : <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/368.html"><B>Vanuatu</B></A> <BR> Vanuatu Histoy, from <A HREF = "http://www.vanuatu.net.vu/history.html"><B>vanuatu.net</B></A> <BR> Article History of Vanuatu, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vanuatu"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Colonial History of Vanutu, from <A HREF = "http://www.vanuatutourism.com/vanuatu/export/sites/VTO/en/history/condomonium_pandemonium.html"><B> Vanuatu Tourism</B></A> <BR> A Short history of Vanuatu, from <A HREF = "http://www.abacci.com/atlas/history.asp?countryID=356"><B>Abacci tlas</B></A> <BR> Peter Murgatroyd, <A HREF = "http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/library/Online/Texts/History of Vanuatu/homepage.htm"><B> A History of Vanuatu : Selected Readings</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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