• 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 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.
  • The New Hebridies, or Nouvelles-Hébrides in French, (1906-1980) was an Anglo-French condominium in Melanesia.
  • New Hebrides, named for the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that now is the nation of...
  • This important mission work of the New Hebrides is now virtually under control of the Presbyterian denomination.
  • ...in the Western Pacific, lying W. of the Fiji Islands and NE. of New Caledonia; was once nominally a possession of Britain and New Hebrides was a colonial name.
  • Contact us by e-mail on info@hebrides.biz. New councillor for Harris as by-election result announced. Health board’s stark warning over Western Isles air service.
  • New Hebrides which was officially known as the New Hebrides Condominium was the name of the group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.