Honiara : : village-city of Solomon Islands / / Clive Moore.
Nahona`ara--means 'facing the `ara', the place where the southeast winds meet the land just west of Point Cruz. Nahona`ara became Honiara, the capital city of Solomon Islands with a population of 160,000, the only significant urban centre in a nation of 721,000 people.
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| Superior document: | Pacific |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2022. ©2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pacific series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (578 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Nahona'ara before 1942
- 2. Taem blong faet: Camp Guadal
- 3. The new capital
- 4. The other Honiara
- 5. Municipal authority and housing
- 6. Building infrastructure
- 7. Building society and the nation
- 8. Stepping-stones to national consciousness
- 9. Since independence
- 10. The village-city
- Bibliography.