Stuart Bedford

The archaeology of mission stations has been a focus in Vanuatu for some 10 years now with a number of researchers primarily from the ANU collaborating with their counterparts at the Vanuatu Cultural Centre (VCC) and VCC fieldworkers and communities on islands in the south of the archipelago. This has included James Flexner, Martin Jones, …

The archaeology of missions in Vanuatu: the latest research on the island of Tongoa. Read More »

Historic cemeteries are places of veneration, wonder and often mystery. Such is the case with the small cemetery located on the southwest coast of Efate Island, at Mele, an area once known as Faureville. Its origins relate to the arrival of Catholic missionaries on the island in 1887 where they ‘purchased’ land at Mele. The …

Faureville cemetery, Efate Island, Vanuatu.  Read More »