Thanks to the assistance of Emmanuel Cardon, who presently works for the “Maritime pilots of New Caledonia” and especially Valérie Vattier, manager of the Maritime Museum of New Caledonia, it was possible to find Captain John Oliver’s tomb most probable location.
A year later, Stuart, accompanied by his wife Margaret, set foot in New Caledonia for the first time in his existence, in the footsteps of his ancestor.
This meeting, the culmination of a lifelong quest, is reported by this beautiful report from NC 1ère.