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Topic: Endemic birds of New Caledonia


  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : New Caledonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
New Caledonia is located around Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,200 km east of Australia and 1,500 km northwest of New Zealand.
New Caledonia lies astride the Tropic of Capricorn, between 19° and 23° south latitude.
New Caledonia is also allowed to engage in international cooperation with independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /New_Caledonia   (3365 words)

  
 New Caledonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou) is a "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands.
The New Caledonia Barrier Reef, which surrounds the Grande Terre and the Île des Pins, is the second-largest coral reef in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef, reaching a length of 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
Censuses are extremely critical to the balance of power in New Caledonia, and the organisation of a new census was regularly postponed after 1996.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nouvelle-Cal%c3%a9donie   (3073 words)

  
 New Zealand - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.
Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and is represented in the country by a non-political Governor-General.
New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the then-colonies of Australia.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/n/e/w/New_Zealand_2311.html   (4258 words)

  
 Australia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Australia politics and officials, Australian History. Travel to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou) is a French dependancy made up of a main island (Grande-Terre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) and several smaller islands.
New Caledonia is located around 21°30′S 165°30′E in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,200 km east of Australia and 1,500 km northwest of New Zealand.
The unique status of New Caledonia is in between that of an independent country and a regular overseas collectivité of France.
www.australiaiworld.com /wiki-New_Caledonia   (2959 words)

  
 Madagascar encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Madagascar politics and officials, Madagascar History. Travel to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
New Zealand endemics) or zoogeographical regions and subregions (West Indies endemics).
Endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Endemic birds of New Guinea and neighbouring islands
www.madagascariworld.com /wiki-Endemism_in_birds   (520 words)

  
 Articles - Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Australia´s neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were successively established over the course of the nineteenth century.
On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved after a decade of planning, consultation and voting, and the Commonwealth of Australia was born, as a Dominion of the British Empire.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australia   (4291 words)

  
 Orchid Literature
Native Orchid J. Begaud, J. Orchids of New Caledonia: an introduction.
Lal, B. and Datt, B. Epipactis veratrifolia Boiss.: a new record for the flora of Madhya Pradesh.
Molloy, B. and St. George, I. A new species of Drymoanthus (Orchidaceae) from New Zealand, and typification of D. adversus.
www.orchids.mu /Bibliography.htm   (3127 words)

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