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Additional Reading
General introductions are found in Jocelyn Harewood, Tione Chula, and Vincent Talbot, Vanuatu & New Caledonia, 5th ed. (2006); and Norman Douglas and Ngaire Douglas, Pacific Islands Yearbook, 17th ed. (1994). José Garanger, Archaeology of the New Hebrides: Contribution to the Knowledge of the Central Islands (1982; originally published in French, 1972), provides an account of the excavation of Roy Mata’s burial site. Michael Allen (ed.), Vanuatu: Politics, Economics, and Ritual in Island Melanesia (1981), contains comparative ethnographic studies. University of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies, Vanuatu (1980), has contributions by leading ni-Vanuatu figures. Historical information may be found in Jeremy MacClancy, To Kill a Bird with Two Stones: A Short History of Vanuatu, 3rd ed. (2002); and Ron Adams, In the Land of Strangers: A Century of European Contact with Tanna, 1774–1874 (1984), an account of the first hundred years of European contact.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added media. | Oct 22, 2026 | ||
| Country Profile: Removed literacy rate. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Vanuatu. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University - globalEDGE - Vanuatu. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Nov 04, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Vanuatu. | Oct 05, 2022 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of state. | Jul 25, 2022 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Apr 20, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Commonwealth - Vanuatu. | Oct 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Guinea Bissau Facts. | Jan 20, 2019 | ||
| In the People section, clarified that some seven-tenths of the population is Protestant, with Presbyterians constituting the largest denomination. | Jan 11, 2018 | ||
| Country Profile: Expanded statistics in country profile. | Aug 14, 2017 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jul 07, 2017 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Jun 20, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Travel - Vanuatu. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: World InfoZone - Vanuatu. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
| In People section, updated information on religious affiliation; in Economy section, updated major trade partners. | Jun 08, 2016 | ||
| Added locator map to the Introduction; in People and Economy sections, added data charts. | Jun 08, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Feb 12, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jun 12, 2015 | ||
| Updated for damage caused by Cyclone Pam. | Mar 16, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 16, 2015 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Sep 22, 2014 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Sep 10, 2014 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | May 19, 2014 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Mar 29, 2013 | ||
| Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Mar 01, 2012 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Oct 27, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Vanuatu Island. | Jul 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Vanatu Island. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organisation - Vanuatu Island. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Vanuatu Island. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Vanuatu Island. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| National anthem added. | Dec 21, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Capital. | Oct 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Vanuatu. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography reviewed and updated. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| History updated. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Nomads - Explore Vanuatu. | Sep 08, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Vanuatu. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site for the Vanuatu Statistics Office. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Vanuatu - Selected Internet Resources. | Aug 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: CIA - The World Factbook - Vanuatu. | Jul 24, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Travel Document Systems - Vanuatu. | Jul 21, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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