Hotels Elms and Bardin, New City, NY Courtesy of the Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, NY. Throughout its history New City's primary business has been as a home to governments of Rockland County and the town of Clarkstown.
First Pacific voyage. Abel Tasman was born in 1603 in Lutjegast in what is now the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. In 1633, Tasman went to Batavia in service of the VOC; four years later he was back in Amsterdam.Tasman signed on for another ten years and took his wife along to Batavia.n 1639 Tasman was sent as second in command of an exploring expedition in the north Pacific under Matthijs Quast. His fleet included the ships Engel and Gracht and reached Fort Zeelandia (Dutch Formosa) and Deshima.
Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement. The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement is an arrangement between Australia and New Zealand which allows for the free movement of citizens of one of these countries to the other. The arrangement came into effect in 1973, and allows citizens of each country to live and work in the other country, with some restrictions. Other details of the arrangement have varied over time. From 1 July 1981, all people entering Australia have been required to carry a passport. Since 1 September 1994 Australia has had