Sentences with phrase «pacific island heritage»

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Each May — during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month — we take time to recognize the special contributions of people of Asian and Pacific - Island heritage.

World heritage - listed Lord Howe Island, a two hour flight from Sydney or Brisbane, has been described by National Geographic as the most beautiful in the Pacific.

That heritage is the driving force behind major conservation efforts to deal with the with pollution coming in from other areas of the world, the pollution generated on the island during the time it was used as a military base, and the legacy of invasive species brought in since the island was first used by the Pacific Cable Company in the early 1900s.