Australian Consulate-General, Noumea Australian Consulate-General, Noumea The Australian Consulate-General in Noumea, New Caledonia represents the Commonwealth of Australia in New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France, and is also accredited to the Pacific French Overseas collectivities, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna. The Consul-General also serves as Australia's representative to the Noumea-based Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The Consulate-General, one of four in New Caledonia (alongside New Zealand, Indonesia and Vanuatu), has since 1976 had its offices at 19 avenue du Maréchal Foch, Nouméa. Since 1990, there has existed an Honorary Consulate in Papeete, French Polynesia, currently held by Marc Siu, which reports
University of New Caledonia University of New Caledonia The University of New Caledonia UNC ("Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie") is a French university which is part of the Academy of New Caledonia located in Nouméa. The university goes back to 1987 when the "Université Française du Pacifique" (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and the other in New Caledonia. In 1997, the decision was made to split the two parts into separate universities and so in 1999 the "Université de la Nouvelle Calédonie" and the "Université de la Polynésie Française" were created. UNC hosts around 3,000 local