New Caledonia becomes a penal colony in…

1864 CE to 1875 CE

New Caledonia becomes a penal colony in 1864, and from the 1860s until the end of the transportations in 1897, France will send about twenty-two thousand criminals and political prisoners to New Caledonia.

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Nouméa New Caledonia Island New Caledonia View →

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France, Second Empire of View → New Caledonia and Dependencies (French overseas Territory) View →

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Colonization of Oceania, European View →

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