41. Caledonia County, Vermont Local History And Genealogy VTGenWeb site, including historical articles, research materials, links, and contacts for further Category regional North America Vermont Counties caledonia...... online for northern Vermont and new Hampshire. Political Graveyard, for Vermont, andcaledonia County, created site about US political history, politicians and http://home.att.net/~local_history/Caledonia-Co-VT.htm

CALEDONIA County, Vermont E-mail: Ann Mensch or Robert Goss PAST Prior to the American Revolution, the part of the country now known as "Vermont" was claimed by New York and New Hampshire, and was known as "The New Hampshire Grants". New York divided the area into four counties: Bennington and Charlotte counties on the west, and Cumberland and Gloucester counties of the east side of the Green Mountains. (See era maps In 1791, Vermont joined the original 13 as a state in the union. On November 5, 1792, Caledonia County was incorporated from Orange County, including all that part of Vermont north of that county, and extending so far west as to include Montpelier and adjacent towns, however, the Caledonia County was not fully organized until November 8, 1796, when Danville was made the shire town. In 1811, the state of Vermont was divided into eleven counties and the counties of Orleans and Essex were incorporated from Caledonia County. In addition, in 1811, four towns from Caledonia County were incorporated into Washington County, to which Woodbury was also annexed, in 1836, and Cabot, in 1855. In 1856, the county seat was removed from Danville to St. Johnsbury where new county buildings were erected. The county was called "Caledonia" -the ancient Roman name of Scotland, out of regard for the emigrants from that country who had purchaes large tracts of land in the county, and had large and flourishing settlements in Barnet and Ryegate...

42. ICC Tournament Structure festival' of cricket with a real regional flavour Evidence of the history and cultureof the participants new caledonia participated in the event as an ICC 'new http://www.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ICC/DEVELOPMENT/TOURNAMENTS.htm

Official Sites News Scores Statistics ... ODI Championship Umpires Regulations Recruitment Email to a friend Cricket without boundaries Development - ICC Tournament Structure A new tournament structure has been approved in principle, and is now awaiting final ratification, which will incorporate all ICC Member countries in the World Cup. The tournament structure would run on a four-yearly cycle, with the first round of qualification taking place in 2003, the same year as the next World Cup. Qualification Tournaments would be run in each of the five development regions, at both Affiliate and Associate level. The winner of the Affiliate level tournament would progress to the Associate Member tournament that would take place the following year. The winner of that event would qualify for the ICC Trophy. Three teams would qualify for the World Cup in 2007 to play alongside the 10 Full Member countries and Kenya, who have One-Day International status and therefore automatic entry into the World Cup. The number of qualifiers would be reviewed for future World Cup competitions. All matches within this system would take place using the same One Day International match format of 50 overs per side, with a maximum of 10 overs per bowler. In-between the ICC Trophy and the World Cup the 3 qualifiers would undergo an intense period of preparation under a ‘high-performance’ program designed to help them become competitive at the highest level.

43. Viewpoint PAPUA new Guinea swimming sensation Ryan Pini has created history by winning twobronze medals at the Oceania regional championships in Noumea, new caledonia. http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20020613/sport01.htm

Sports Thursday 13th June, 2002 Pini, you’re magic! PAPUA New Guinea swimming sensation Ryan Pini has created history by winning two bronze medals at the Oceania regional championships in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pini becomes the first PNG swimmer and only the third South Pacific islander to win a medal at the regional tournament normally dominated by swimming giants Australia and New Zealand. Since the inception of the Oceania regional championships in New Caledonia in 1993, only two New Caledonian’s have ever reached the medals podium. Pini placed third in the 50m butterfly final in a time of 27.18 seconds, short of his PNG open record time of 26.82 set at the Australian Telstra Commonwealth Games selectional trials in March. Pini was beaten by two Australian second-tier swimmers with the winner clocking 26.84 seconds and the second-placed timing 26.93. Second-tier swimmers are the next group of swimmers that did not make the Australian Commonwealth Games swim team dominated by Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett. In the 100m butterfly, Pini was second in the heats with a time of 56.23, behind Australian Tim Dodd 54.47 and ahead of Australian Daniel Blackbarrow 56.96.

44. Searchalot Directory For History Midway Islands (3); new caledonia (2); new Zealand (62). Niue (1 Northern MarianaIslands (2); Papua new Guinea (1); Pitcairn Society history By Region Oceania. http://www.searchalot.com/Top/Regional/Oceania/SocietyandCulture/History/

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46. UCSB Anthropology Faculty--Aswani I have documented Roviana oral history on regional pre and organization to explainthe development of regional socio-political Nouméa, new caledonia 12 11-22 http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/aswani/

Shankar Aswani University of Hawaii, Ph.D. 1997. Assistant Professor Mailing address: Department of Anthropology, University of California at Santa Barbara CA 93106-3210 Tel: (805) 893-5285 aswani@anth.ucsb.edu Affiliate Faculty: Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science New Projects: The Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons Marine Resource Management Check out the new updates at: Rural Development and Community-based Resource Management in the Solomon Islands Human Palaeoecology in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Human Dimensions to Marine Resource Utilization in the Solomon Islands: Fostering Pacific Island Student Participation in Research and Educational Activities My research interests are focused on the foraging strategies of horticultural-fisher peoples, property rights and common property resources, and marine indigenous knowledge in the Solomon Islands and Melanesia at large. I am also interested in the ethnohistory, prehistoric exchange, and social stratification of Oceanic peoples in general. I have since 1992 conducted research in the Solomon Islands focusing on the application of behavioral ecology to the study of human-marine environmental interactions. In addition, I have conducted research on the historical, cultural, political, and socio-economic context of indigenous common property regimes, and the impact of local and global economic transformations on these institutions.

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CHINA - Beijing - Corroboree CHINA - Hong Kong- Corroboree CHINA - Guangzhou - Corroboree MONACO Corroboree USA Corroboree 16 city tour including Washington and NY as part of BAM:Next Wave Down Under Festival. GREECE - Athens Olympia Performing as part of the Olympic Torch Lighting Cermony with excepts from repetoire ' Ochres Fiji Islands The Dreaming USA - Kahilu - The Dreaming USA - Maui - The Dreaming USA - Honolulu - The Dreaming NZ - Tauranga - The Dreaming USA - Seattle - WOMAD PROGAM USA - New York - Rites - In conjuction with the Australian Ballet USA - Virginia - Rites UK - Regional Tour - The Dreaming UK - London - The Dreaming UK - Reading - WOMAD PROGAM South Africa - WOMAD PROGAM Switzerland - Performing as Part of the World Ecconomic Forum with Excepts from Repetoire ' Ochres Taiwan - Kao-Hsiung - Fish Taiwan - Hsin-Chu - Fish Taiwan - Taipei - Fish Korea - Suwon - Fish New Caledonia - Noumea - Fish UK - Edinburgh - Fish (Edinburgh International Festival) India - Delhi - Ochres India - Mumbai (Bombay) - Ochres India - Madras - Ochres Indonesia - Jakarta - Ochres New Caledonia - Noumea - Ochres Japan - Tokyo - Ochres Germany - Berlin - Ochres USA - San Francisco - TRAD/CONTEMP USA - New York - TRAD/CONTEMP USA - Los Angeles - TRAD/CONTEMP Hong Kong - TRAD/CONTEMP China - Beijing - TRAD/CONTEMP Cina - Liaoning - TRAD/CONTEMP China - Guangdong Province - TRAD/CONTEMP Indonesia - Jakarta - TRAD/CONTEMP Indonesia - Banding - TRAD/CONTEMP Indonesia - Yogyakarta - TRAD/CONTEMP Indonesia - Bali - TRAD/CONTEMP Japan - Tokya - TRAD/CONTEMP Japan - Sapporo - TRAD/CONTEMP

48. REGIONAL GUIDES $29.95. The Herpetofauna Of new caledonia. Bauer/ Sadlier. $14.95. Dinosaurs Of Australiaand new Zealand. The Natural history Of Reptiles and Amphibians in Sabah. http://www.mikeswanherpbooks.com.au/regional.htm

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49. County And Regional Historical Societies caledonia, Michigan. appreciation of the history of Bergen County, new Jersey collection,preservation and dissemination of Camden County and regional history. http://students.washington.edu/megellan/regional.shtml

County and Regional Historical Societies and Associations Welcome to the Digital Heritage Drives Regional Historical Societies page. This page is designed to be a comprehensive listing of regional historical societies across Canada and the United States. If you would like to add information on a regional historical society or request a change in the description for your historical society or association, please email megellan@u.washington.edu Arkansas Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society : founded in 1974 to preserve the history of Baxter County, Arkansas. California Berkeley Historical Society : a non-profit group serving as a primary resource for the collection and preservation of the local history of Berkeley, California. Burlingame Historical Society : preserving the history of the city of Burlingame, California. California Historical Society : the state's official historical society with rich holdings of primary materials for historical research. Connecticut Andover Historical Society : devoted to the preservation and interpretation of the history and heritage of Andover, Connecticut.

50. POL854 Conflict In The Pacific - Outline (MIR) by focusing on the colonial history of the intensity in six of the regional statesor Guinea (including Bougainville), Solomon Islands, new caledonia and Fiji. http://www.pol.mq.edu.au/mir/pol854/outline.htm

Department of History/Politics School of Social and Economic Development University of the South Pacific Department of Politics Macquarie University Master of International Relations POL854 Conflict in the Pacific Semester 1, 2002 The course is in three sections. The first section (five topics) sets the scene by focusing on the colonial history of the Pacific Islands and decolonisation since the 1960s, and by examining key themes in contemporary development, the phenomenon of quasi-states, the conflict between tradition and democracy, the importance of a politics of identity, and the impact of globalisation. Proceeding on the basis of this conceptual framework, the second section (seven topics) examines the eruption of violent political conflict of varying degrees of intensity in six of the regional states or territories that lie in an arc across Australia’s northern approaches: East Timor, West Papua, Papua New Guinea (including Bougainville), Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji. The final section (one topic) deals with the place of this troubled region in international politics, and especially Australian foreign policy. Seminar Paper, 2,000 words: 30%, due 30 April 2002

51. Links Page On The Pacific Region regional Characteristics General Information; Migration Patterns; Timeline history; MelanesiaFiji; new caledonia; Papua new Guinea; Solomon Islands; http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Links/Pacific.html

Links Page on the Pacific Region Outline Regional Characteristics General Information Migration Patterns Timeline History Coral Reef Preservation Environmetal Impacts of Nuclear Testing Independence in the Face of Dependence Melanesia Fiji New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu Micronesia Guam Federated States of Micronesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru North Mariana Islands Palau Polynesia American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Hawaii Niue Pitcairn Tonga Tokelau Islands Tuvula Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Regional Characteristics General Information There is information about all of the island countries in the Pacific Region, starting with a map of the all the islands. If you click on a country on the map, it will link you to information on that country. Migration Patterns A great map is available that shows the way people are thought to have initially migrated onto the Pacific Islands. Below the map is a description of how these migration patterns may have come about and what evidence they have to support their theory. Timeline History A simple timeline depicts the major historical events of the Pacific Region from 1522-1945. The information on the timeline is mostly of European or Japanese significance, not the native peoples of the islands.

52. Tonga Hosts First Regional Gathering Of Church Partners was the first of six regional gatherings planned by in Tonga, Fiji, Papuanew Guinea,new caledonia, Samoa, Solomon to Tonga and some of its Methodist history. http://umns.umc.org/01/may/250.htm

Tonga hosts first regional gathering of church partners May 31, 2001 News media contact: Linda Bloom New York By United Methodist News Service United Methodists met recently in Tonga with church partners from eight Pacific Island nations to discuss issues ranging from mission work to the effects of HIV/AIDS in the region. The consultation was the first of six regional gatherings planned by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries during the next three years. The purpose is to discuss critical issues related to mission and ministry and consider how best to work in partnership. Joining eight staff members and two directors from the mission agency were representatives from autonomous Methodist or United churches in Tonga, Fiji, Papua-New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu. A pre-meeting orientation was set for women and youth "to give them voice and empower them to be full participants throughout the event," according to the Rev. Youngsook Kang, a board executive. Opening worship on May 20 in Tonga’s Free Wesleyan churches was followed by fellowship and a celebration of Father’s Day in local homes. The day ended with a choral night featuring individual and mass choirs from 11 churches in the district, presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Mele Siu’ilikutapu Fotofili.

53. City Of Prince George - Our City! a wonderful collection of links to local history sites and Postsecondary educationchoices include the regional College of new caledonia (CNC), which http://www.city.pg.bc.ca/pages/ourcity.html

HOME MULTIPLEX CIVIC CENTRE PGMap ... SEARCH Our City! A Brief History The origins of Prince George can be traced to the fur trading post of Fort George, established in 1807 by Simon Fraser. The post was centered in the centuries-old homeland of the Lheidli T'Enneh First Nation . Agricultural settlement around Fort George began about 1906 when it was realized that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (later CN Rail) would pass near the fur post. The railway arrived in 1914 and construction of the railway townsite commenced. In 1915, the City of Prince George was incorporated. The City's name honours a former Duke of Kent, born in 1902 and killed in an air crash during the Second World War. Are you interested in finding out more about the history of Prince George? The Prince George Public Library has a wonderful collection of links to local history sites and sources of information. We also have a mayors history page, a street history page as well as a short history of our City Hall Prince George Facts and Figures such as population and demographics are available from Initiatives Prince George. Today's Prince George Known as BC's northern capital, Prince George is a bustling city of over 80,000 people situated at the crossroads of Hwy. 97 (north-south) and Hwy. 16 (east-west), also the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers.

54. Bomis: The Regional/UK/Scotland/Arts And Culture/History Ring history of the Parliament and links to the new Scottish Parliament. www.stand.ac.uk. Anon-line encyclopedia of Scottish history www.caledonia-net.co.uk. http://www.bomis.com/rings/Marts_and_culture-history-regional-51416/

Bomis: The Regional/UK/Scotland/Arts and Culture/History ring Build a ring Suggest URL! Email ringmaster! Ring Info! See also... ...Regional/UK/Scotland/Arts_and_Culture/History Home My Bomis Webmasters ... Ring Rankings Bomis is a search engine covering all topics. Enjoy! Ring sites Scottish Parliament Project A project based at the University of St Andrews. Aims to create a new digital edition of the pre 1707 Acts of the Scottish Parliament. History of the Parliament and links to the New Scottish Parliament. www.st-and.ac.uk Gateway to Scottish History Index of sites concerning Scottish history. members.tripod.com Rampant Scotland Index - History Index of sites concerning Scottish history. users.colloquium.co.uk SCRAN Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, multimedia resources on history and culture in Scotland. www.scran.ac.uk Historic Scotland Comprehensive information about Scotland's heritage and major historic visitor attractions. www.historic-scotland.gov.uk Scotland's Past Scotland's Past contains an extensive Timeline which covers all aspects of Scottish history. There are also up to date news pages and reference materials www.scotlandspast.com

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56. All About ARX ARX history. ARX developed and evolved its regional focus from events such as eightcountries from South East Asia, new Zealand, new caledonia and Australia http://hosted.at.imago.com.au/arx/about.html

57. YCW History In Asia-Pacific the movements of Fiji, new caledonia, new Zealand, and of the national movementstheir history, orientation, actions on the visits by regional team members. http://www.cardijn.net/1998-aspac/aspac-dev.htm

Development of the Aspac Region THE EMERGENCE OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 1975-1980 David Mahony , from New Zealand, was elected to the International Team in 1977 and worked until 1980. He presented the following paper. NOTES ON THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE WORK OF THE IYCW IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION 1975-1980 The evolution over this period can be conveniently broken down into 3 periods viz. (i) Linz to December 1977 (ii) 1978 through to the end of the Regional Key Leaders Meeting (RKLM) in October 1978 (iii) RKLM 1978 through to the RKLM 1980 These periods coincide with key evaluations by the "Regional Team" on the evolution of the national movements and the questions arising. The term "Regional Team" is used rather than IYCW International Team in the region. It has a precise meaning and identity for Asia/Pacific during this period 1975 to 1980 as the integration of national leaders in the work of the region was a key perspective in the development of an Asia/Pacific YCW in the region. This aspect will be covered later. 1975 to 1980 is a significant period in the establishment of the foundation for a new Asia/Pacific identity and character from elements such as: Starting from the specific Asia/Pacific reality rather than a "global" program.

58. Event Information - History history Alberta, Mount Royal College (ACAC), Grande Prairie regional College (ACAC 1992,College of new caledonia Prince George, BC, Collège Limoilou (FQSE http://www.ouc.bc.ca/ccaamvb/history.htm

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59. Air Vanuatu - Travel.World.Net Air Vanuatu, the regional international airline, offers flights from Port Vila to Australia, new Zealand, new caledonia and Fiji. Van Air is the domestic carrier within Vanuatu with a 29 destination network. http://www.airvanuatu.com

User Name: Password: MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR Thank you for visiting our web site and we do hope that the information available will ensure you visit Vanuatu on Air Vanuatu services in the very near future. Although being a small and relatively young airline by global standards, Air Vanuatu prides itself in not only providing a safe, comfortable and reliable air service to and from Vanuatu, but also a high degree of friendly and hospitable ground staff and cabin crew whose primary role is to satisfy it's customers. This website also provides you with a link to other important sites, such as the National Tourism Office of Vanuatu where you will find extremely useful information on a variety of tourism topics and activities that will no doubt assist you. Apart from our international routes within the South Pacific area, Air Vanuatu also provides connections through Port Vila to many outer islands of Vanuatu serviced by Vanuatu's domestic airline Vanair. These islands offer a wonderful variety and contrast in terms of cultural experiences, soft adventure activities and accommodation. We look forward to welcoming you onboard our aircraft in the very near future Jean-Paul Virelala Managing Director Air Vanuatu Home Page l About Us l Contact Us l Flights and Fares l Air Freight Book a Holiday l Links l Book a Flight Please Read our and Powered by World.Net Services

60. World Travel Guide - New Caledonia - History And Government directory.vaionline.it vi permette di accedere al directory di siti italiani. E' organizzato per aree geografiche e aree temeatiche. Fa parte del portale Vaionline che ti offre molti altri servizi. http://www.wtgonline.com/data/ncl/ncl580.asp

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