14 July 2018 En route to New Caledonia for the next series of site visits, I stopped off in Sydney for a couple of days. I managed… Read more “Cockatoo Island”
Category: visits
site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt6
Part 6. The bibliobus An important focus of this project is how the multiple sites associated with the penal administration’s 100 year presence in French Guiana can… Read more “site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt6”
site visit #13. Iracoubo
30 June 2018 We’re on our way back from Saint Laurent du Maroni. We stopped for lunch at Iracoubo, a small town between Saint Laurent and Kourou… Read more “site visit #13. Iracoubo”
site visit #11. Sparouine
27 June 2018 On our way back to Saint Laurent du Maroni from Apatou and the Camp de la Forestière, we turned off down a side road… Read more “site visit #11. Sparouine”
site visit #10. Camp de la Forestière
27 June 2018 After lunch in Apatou, we picked up another teacher yielding a machete and headed to Camp de la Forestière. This is one of the… Read more “site visit #10. Camp de la Forestière”
site visit #9. Collège d’Apatou
This week I was invited to talk to teachers at the high school in Apatou. Apatou is located about 45 minutes drive from Saint Laurent du Maroni… Read more “site visit #9. Collège d’Apatou”
Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt3
Part 3. Guess who La Ville en chantier exhibition Case 12, Camp de la Transportation, 22 June 2018 Saint Laurent du Maroni did not exist as a… Read more “Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt3”
Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt2
Part 2. The musée du bagne 21 June 2018 The museum at the Camp de la Transportation in Saint Laurent du Maroni is housed in a small… Read more “Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt2”
The vestiges of the distillery
Saint Maurice A good friend of mine from Saint Laurent du Maroni visited the site at Saint Maurice in Summer 2017. This is the former site of… Read more “The vestiges of the distillery”
Site visit #8. Plage de Yalimapo (Les Hattes)
18 June 2018 Part 1. The geography of the bagne With a view of understanding the extensive geography of the bagne, on Monday we headed to Awala-Yalimapo, a… Read more “Site visit #8. Plage de Yalimapo (Les Hattes)”
Cartes postales du bagne 