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Franco-Mauritians
Franco-Mauritians are an ethnic group from Mauritius who trace their ethnic ancestry to France and ethnic French people. Franco-Mauritians make up approximately 2% of the country's population. Origins The first French settlers arrived in Mauritius (then Isle de France) in 1722, after the previous attempts of settlement by the Dutch had failed, and the island had once again become abandoned. They lived and prospered on the island, ruling it until the British invasion of 1810. The French by now strongly identified with the island, and the terms of capitulation allowed the settlers to live on as a distinct Francophone ethnic group for the next 158 years under British rule before Mauritius attained independence. By 1920 the French Mauritian population on the island was between 70,000 to 80,000, around 20% of the total population. Not all Franco-Mauritians have pure French lineage; many also have British or other European ancestors that came to Mauritius and were absorbed in the Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Brown (musician)
Angelique Frances Meunier (born 14 February 1985), known professionally as Havana Brown or DJ Havana Brown, is an Australian DJ, singer, record producer, songwriter and dancer. In 2008, Brown signed with Island Records Australia as a DJ for the record company, and began releasing her ''Crave'' compilation album series, which featured remixes of songs from other artists. This led to her touring with international artists, including Britney Spears, Rihanna, the Pussycat Dolls, Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias. Brown made her debut as a recording artist in 2011, with the single "We Run the Night", which reached number five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and was certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The single earned Brown two ARIA Music Award nominations for Breakthrough Artist Single and Highest Selling Single. Following this success, Brown signed a US record deal with Universal Republic via producer RedOne's label 2101 Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amédée Maingard
Sir Louis Pierre Rene "Amédée" Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans, CBE (21 October 1918 - 1981) was born in Mauritius, then a British colony. During the Second World War, he served with distinction with the British clandestine organization, the Special Operations Executive, supporting the French resistance, and was awarded medals by the British and French governments. After the war he returned to Mauritius and became a successful businessman. Wartime career Maingard was studying in London in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and volunteered for the British Army. After an unrewarding period in the infantry, Maingard joined the Special Operations Executive F section in 1942. He was parachuted into occupied France in April 1943 to join the 'Stationer' circuit run by Squadron Leader Maurice Southgate, initially as radio operator but soon was second-in-command in the circuit, arranging the delivery of weapons, supplies and personnel to the maquisards of the French Resistanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Le Clos
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short course and long course 200-metre butterfly and the short course 100-metre butterfly. He also holds the African records and South African records in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, and the short course 100-metre freestyle. Formerly, he was a world record holder in the short course 100-metre butterfly and 200-metre butterfly. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, as well as silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, he won five total medals. Le Clos has won the Swimming World Cup overall male winner title four times: 2011, 2013, 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Leblanc
Marie Leblanc (1867–August 14, 1915) is a Mauritian writer, best known for her work as an editor of literary journals and other periodicals, as a novelist, and as a translator. Early life Marie Leblanc was born in 1867, during a period when Mauritius was a British colony. Much of her life is a mystery to historians, though they were able to determine that she never married. It is not clear whether she belonged to the white Franco-Mauritian elite or to the mixed Gens de couleur or Mauritian Creoles community, in part because there are no surviving photographs of her. She had a sister, Julia, who was disabled and died in 1918, and possibly a brother, Eugène Gabriel, who died in 1879 at age 32. Career Writer With the publication of her book ''La Vie et le Rêve'' en 1890, Leblanc became the first woman to publish a short story collection on the island of Mauritius. Her short stories and novellas feature women in a European setting, presumably in France or England. They tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve Gregson
Genevieve Gregson-Gregson (née LaCaze-Gregson; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian athletics competitor who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. She qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and ran 9:26.11 in her Women's 3000m steeplechase heat to qualify for the final. Unfortunately she fell and was unable to complete the race. She is the AR and National record holder in the event with a PB of 9.14.28. She held an athletics scholarship at the University of Florida. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. LaCaze-Gregson is of French-Mauritian, Italian and Spanish descent. Genevieve LaCaze-Gregson, whose nickname is Greg, spent her childhood in Brisbane, where she attended Tamborine Mountain State School before going to high school at the John Paul College in Daisy Hill. She is from Queensland. She attended the University of Florida, where she majored in Social and Behavior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firoz Ghanty
Firoz Abdul Cader Ghanty (14 August 1952 – 3 December 2019) was a Mauritian painter, poet, and activist. Biography Ghanty was born in Mauritius to a Persian-Gujarati father and a French mother. He held Marxist-Leninist ideas, and his involvement in protests led to arrests in 1975 and 1981. He lived in France from 1984 to 1996. He contributed to the Arte Povera movement, and specialized in contemporary art. Firoz Ghanty died on 3 December 2019 at Wellkin Hospital in Moka Moka () is a village in Mauritius located in the Moka District, the western part of the village also lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered by .... Notable Works *"L’Île Maurice à Paris" (1986) *"Grande kermesse populaire du Parti du Travail Suisse" (1986) *"Les Plasticiens de l’Île Maurice" (1993) *"Dix ans après" (1994) *"Art actuel de Maurice" (1994) *"Made in Mauritius" (1995) *"Les Années P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Florent
Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the twenty-eight point loss against in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Florent attended Mentone Grammar School. His paternal grandparents were born in Mauritius. He is the son of Australian tennis player Andrew Florent. Florent received the Rising Star nomination for round eleven, 2018 after recording 20 disposals for the fourth consecutive match in the Swans' 30-point win over at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Florent supported Hawthorn Hawks as a junior. Statistics ''Updated to the end of the 2022 season''. , - , 2017 , , , , 13 , 9 , , 4 , , 1 , , 50 , , 38 , , 88 , , 15 , , 19 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 5.6 , , 4.2 , , 9.8 , , 1.7 , , 2.1 , , 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Florent
Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player. Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13 in 2001. Florent died from colorectal cancer at the age of 45 on 16 August 2016. He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 20 .... Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 7 runners-up) References External links * * * 1970 births 2016 deaths Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne Australian people of Mauritian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurina Fleure
Laurina Fleure (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian model and television personality. Fleure has Mauritian ancestry. She competed in the second season of '' The Bachelor Australia'' in 2014 as well as the second season of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2016. She won a "cult following" from her appearance on ''The Bachelor Australia''. Fleure also appeared in the first season of '' Bachelor in Paradise Australia'' in 2018, where she entered in episode 2. She decided to quit in episode 7. Fleure has an online fashion store, Pialia Boutique. Pialia was founded in 2012. Fleure's modelling work has included fronting Brands Exclusive's "Celebrity Shopping, Reality Prices" campaign in 2016. Brands Exclusive sells her Pialia clothes line. Fleure dated Lewis Romano in 2015 and 2016 before splitting in October 2016. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleure, Laurina 1983 births Living people Australian female models Models from Melbourne Participants in Australian real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper D'Épinay
Charles Adrien Prosper Caïez d'Épinay (13 July 1836 – 23 September 1914) was a French sculptor and caricaturist (under the name Nemo). Many of his clients were from the nobility and royalty. He was sometimes referred to as the "sculpteur de souveraines" (sculptor of sovereigns). Biography Prosper d'Épinay was born 13 July 1836 in Pamplemousses, Mauritius, the son of Adrien d'Épinay, a lawyer and colonial politician. In 1839, his parents took him to France, where his father died suddenly a few months later. He returned to Mauritius with his mother and received his primary education there in Port Louis. In 1851, he went back to France with a former teacher as his legal guardian, to continue his studies, In 1857, he decided to pursue a career in art and settled permanently in Paris; studying sculpture in the studios of Jean-Pierre Dantan and finding himself attracted to 18th century art. It was at that time that he also began to draw caricatures. Thanks to a scholarship, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
