Stories from the New Hebrides – Page 3 – This site contains stories from people who called the New Hebrides home. Anyone who has an interest in the New Hebrides can share and add to our collective memories. Click "Submit a story" to find out how to add your adventures from the New Hebrides.

John Frum

Posted on November 24, 2015July 23, 2017 by

By Gordon Barlow. (An extract from an essay about tax-havens posted 3 November 2010). Nearly thirty years ago my wife and I worked and lived in an archipelago in the South Pacific. One of the islands ... Read More

Backpackers in the backyard (Vila)

Posted on November 22, 2015July 23, 2017 by

By Gordon Barlow. (An extract from an essay about backpacking posted 3 June 2011.) As soon as we got back from Kuta to our home on an island near Fiji, Linda & I turned our backyard maids’ quart... Read More

Aiding and Abetting Adultery

Posted on October 26, 2015July 23, 2017 by

By Gordon Barlow. The New Hebrides (now the independent nation of Vanuatu) was an Anglo-French condominium in the Pacific Ocean – and a Franco-Britannique one called Nouvelles Hebrides, to the Fre... Read More

Phoning Princess Margaret

Posted on October 26, 2015July 23, 2017 by

By Gordon Barlow. We had chatted to this English couple cordially for a couple of hours, and gotten on like a house on fire. We were surprised, then, at the response to our invitation to dinner the ne... Read More

A wedding to attend (New Hebrides)

Posted on October 26, 2015July 23, 2017 by

By Gordon Barlow. The New Hebrides (before it went independent as Vanuatu) was a fascinating place. This archipelago in the South Pacific was and is populated by ethnic Melanesians, with a scattering ... Read More

Stories wanted!

Posted on October 15, 2015December 9, 2015 by

In conjunction with Neil’s new book, Vanuatu 1972 – 1981, we are seeking stories from anyone who called the New Hebrides home. These stories will be published on this site so that anyone w... Read More

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