The Story of Abdelkader ben Cherifa Many accounts of Algerians sent to New Caledonia focus on those sent in the aftermath of the 1870-71 uprisings against colonial French rule. However, prisoners were also sent from Algeria and areas of the Maghreb prior to 1870; approximately 2000 prisoners were transported between Continue Reading
‘Cassim’: an extraordinary life – Part I
One of the graves that can be found in Minjeribah (North Stradbroke Island)’s Dunwich Cemetery in the Australian state of Queensland bears the name of John Vincent Cassim and his wife Mary (Figure 1). I recently returned to the grave site with my friend and fellow historian Tamsin O’Connor, who Continue Reading