• New Hebrides was a rare form of colonial territory in which sovereignty was shared by two powers, Britain and France, instead of being exercised by just one.
  • Independence was agreed upon at a 1977 conference in Paris attended by British, French, and New Hebrides representatives.
  • The New Hebridies, or Nouvelles-Hébrides in French, (1906-1980) was an Anglo-French condominium in Melanesia.
  • Ancient Origins articles related to New Hebrides in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and.
  • This important mission work of the New Hebrides is now virtually under control of the Presbyterian denomination.
  • The archipelago of the New Hebrides is a 700 km long chain of islands in the South Pacific, 300 km south of the Solomon Islands, 460 km...
  • ww2dbaseEuropeans first arrived at the New Hebrides islands in 1606, and by the 18th century the island group was colonized by both the British and the French.
  • In 1774, J. Cook explored the islands and named them the New Hebrides because of their mountainous coast, which reminded him of the Hebrides Islands in Europe.
  • New Hebrides Trench, submarine trench in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, on the periphery of the Coral Sea, between the islands of Vanuatu and New...
  • In 1963-67, new definitives in various designs were issued inscribed CONDOMINIUM / NEW HEBRIDES or NEW HEBRIDES / CONDOMINIUM.