National Archives of Mauritius

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The National Archives of Mauritius are located in Coromandel, Mauritius. The archives were officially established in 1815, one of the earliest such institutions established in the Southern Hemisphere. [1]

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The national archives hold (at least parts of) four inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register: the Slave Trade and Slavery Records in Mauritius (1721-1892), [2] Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius, [3] the archival collections on the blessed Fr. Jacques Désiré Laval [4] and the Records of Indentured Immigration. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Franks, Patricia C.; Bernier, Anthony (10 August 2018). The International Directory of National Archives. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 242–244. ISBN   978-1-4422-7743-4.
  2. ↑ "The Slave Trade and Slavery Records in Mauritius (1721-1892)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  4. ↑ "The archival collections on the Bienheureux Père Jacques Désiré Laval - The Apostle of Mauritius". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  5. ↑ "The Records of Indentured Immigration". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2025-10-08.

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