General information: Settled by the British and French during the first half of the 19th century. the island became a possession of France in 1853. It was used as a place of exile for criminals[…]
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Category: Oceania
Okhotsk Sea
Those who want to smell drift ice can go on a trip aboard an icebreaker ship from Hokkaido on the coast of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk. This can really be an exciting experience[…]
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Tahiti National Anthem
The national anthem of a country is usually a piece of music underlaid with a text, which is intended to express the state or national feeling of the country’s residents. It is usually played on[…]
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Pilbara: Contrasting region in the north of Western Australia
The Pilbara is a contrasting region in the lower north of Western Australia , which has beautiful nature reserves, dreamlike islands, abundant resources and industrial cities covered in red dust. This area has been around[…]
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New Zealand History and Politics
Who came first The question of when exactly New Zealand was settled cannot be definitively answered to this day. Today’s native people, the Maori, were probably not the first to find a home here. Some[…]
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