Cast in Stone

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Jean-Baptiste Léon Olry was born in Nancy on February 8, 1832. After studying at the naval academy, he took part in the Crimean War (1852-1856) as an ensign, then as a lieutenant and commander in the Chinese and Cochinchina campaigns of the 1860s. Appointed Governor of New Caledonia in 1878, he violently suppressed the great Kanak revolt led by Chief Ataï. Ataï was killed by a Kanak auxiliary of the French army, and the insurgents were executed or deported to the Isle of Pines, the Belep Islands or northern New Caledonia. He initiated land reforms favorable to the colonists: authorizations to occupy land were granted without the land being legally demarcated, before the colonists' private property was organized through a system of concessions. In 1880, he was appointed Commander of the Legion of Honor and left New Caledonia. He continued his career in the administration of the navy and died on November 10, 1890.

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8 February 1832

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10 November 1890

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France

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Le Siècle, 3 avril 1884, p. 2.
La Petite République, 12 novembre 1890, p. 3.
La Politique coloniale, 3 avril 1897, p. 2.

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