New Hebrides

State · 1890–1982 CE · at its largest around 1890 CE

An unusual Anglo-French condominium in the South Pacific, where Britain and France jointly governed the islands with parallel administrations. It became independent in 1980 as Vanuatu.

On its lands while it lasted

• Blackbirding in the Pacific (1863–1904 CE): Recruitment, often by deception or force, of tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, mainly from Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, to work on Queensland sugar plantations.
• Port Vila (c. 1907 CE): Capital of New Hebrides (1907–1980), Vanuatu (1983–today).

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