Message from the President
Dear ISFAR friends and colleagues,
This final (bumper!) edition of the newsletter for 2025 brings to a close our 40th anniversary year, which we celebrated through our two-day symposium and anniversary dinner in May, and through our series of reflective pieces written by some of our founding and life members of ISFAR and published in our newsletters. Our celebrations will carry over into issue 79 of The French Australian Review, which will contain articles based on some of the presentations at our anniversary symposium.
Speaking of The French Australian Review, read on for news of some upcoming changes to our editorial team. As well as welcoming longstanding ISFAR members John West-Sooby and Jean Fornasiero* to the editorial team, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Elaine Lewis for her many years of tireless securing, proofreading and editing of articles for Explorations and its successor The French Australian Review. As you will see below, Elaine leaves a tremendous legacy in the form of countless articles, notes, interviews, book reviews and Bibliographical Notes that she has been responsible for over the years. We are delighted that she will continue to be responsible for the latter two items on this list and that she will still be available in a consultative role, although she will be stepping away from other editorial duties. Without Elaines’ involvement, ISFAR and The French Australian Review would quite simply not have been able to grow into the successful association and journal they have become and we remain indebted to her for her invaluable contributions.
*John and Jean have guest edited two issues of The French Australian Review (most recently issue 78) and have contributed several entries to the French Australian Dictionary of Biography.
We invite you to read on for news of the many activities ISFAR or its members have been involved in since September, as well as news of publications, forthcoming events and exhibitions of interest. Sadly, we also include a note on the passing of a former ISFAR member, Judy Bognar, well-known to many of us as a regular attendee of The Melbourne Salon and as advocate for French language and culture.
Thank you for celebrating 40 years of ISFAR with us this year! We wish you a restful end to the year and an excellent start to 2026, and we look forward to engaging with you all next year.
The French Australian Review
There are changes afoot at The French Australian Review. After some twenty plus years involved as part of the editorial team, present Co-editor and Book Review Editor Elaine Lewis has decided it is time for her to step down – but fortunately not entirely. She will continue as the Book Review Editor and also will continue to produce the Bibliographical Notes which are such an incredibly valuable resource, documenting what is being published in France with Australian content, books by Australian authors translated into French, books published in Australia with French content and books published in Australia that have been translated from French. In recent years this resource has grown to include books published in French territories in the Pacific.
Elaine’s knowledge of the field of French-Australian research and publishing and of the many people involved in these fields is encyclopaedic and those of us who will carry on the task of editing the journal are extremely relieved that she will continue to be involved in a consultative role. Over the time that she has been involved the journal has grown from a small publication of some sixty pages to one that is regularly in excess of 120 pages. She was also responsible for introducing the occasional series ‘French-Australian Encounters’ where an Australian author writes of his or her personal ‘encounter’ with some aspect of French life or culture. The new editorial team will include John West-Sooby as Editor, and Jean Fornasiero, Jane Gilmour and Pauline Georgelin as Associate Editors.
The issue we are currently working on will be the last issue with Elaine’s name as co-editor. This issue, no. 79, will be published in early 2026, and is being guest-edited by Elizabeth Rechniewski and Alexis Bergantz. It will include articles based on some of the papers that were presented at the ISFAR research symposium held earlier this year, entitled Cultures Croisées: French-Australian Cultural Connections Exploring the Dynamics of Intercultural Exchange.
News from the Research Committee
On Thursday 6 November, ISFAR co-chair Alexis Bergantz gave a seminar at the National Library to present some of the outcomes of the research he has undertaken during his three-month Library Fellowship: ‘Power and Vision: Australia and the South Pacific Commission’.
The talk was very well-attended, both in person and online (around 34 followers). Alexis traced the early years of the Commission, its initial conception as a coordinating body for the Imperial powers and its gradual evolution towards a more inclusive body oriented to the decolonising nations. The roles of two notable men involved in its early years, who had rather different conceptions of its reach and function, William Forsyth and Robert Lassalle-Séré, were highlighted and compared, to reveal, for example, the suspicions that the French governments tended to hold of Anglo-Saxon motivations in the region. A recording of the seminar is available here.
We are also delighted to announce that Alexis has been awarded funding as a Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery Project, Cultivating Connections: A Transregional History of Australian Rice. The project is led by La Trobe University and brings together an outstanding international team of researchers from Australia, Britain and Japan: Associate Professor Emma Robertson; Associate Professor Jennifer Jones; Dr Ruth Gamble; Dr Alexis Bergantz; Assistant Professor Bernard Keo; Dr Sabine Clarke; and Associate Professor Edward Boyle. This ambitious project will deliver the first transregional history of Australian rice, foregrounding the industry’s diverse, multicultural and environmentally responsive pasts. By following the journey of a single commodity, the research will generate fresh insights into Australia’s social, cultural and economic entanglements with Asia and the Pacific.
ISFAR and the Eloquence Art Prize
For the second year, ISFAR took part in September in the Eloquence Art competition run by Culture Plus under the energetic organisation and leadership of Marie Chretien. The challenge posed by the competition is for students to compare how a French and an Australian artist tackle a particular topic. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Art and the Environment with a Focus on the Ocean’, with the shorter injunction: ‘Save our Oceans’. The main prize consists of a three-month internship in a cultural institution in France, an outstanding opportunity to prepare for a career in the art world. ISFAR’s prize is awarded to the best 400-word summary paper, the prize consisting of mentoring towards publication of the adapted summary in the ISFAR newsletter; presentation of a paper at the ISFAR Symposium; and an article in the French Australian Review. The ISFAR jury – with the same members as last year – consisted of Robert Aldrich, Jane Gilmour, Briony Neilson and Liz Rechniewski.
An excellent field of seven finalists made the decision difficult. As they did last year, therefore, the jury chose joint winners: Fiona Henderson from the National Art School and Levent Can Kaya Dilsiz from UNSW. Liz Rechniewski attended the ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art and awarded the certificates; the jury’s decision seemed to be a popular one with the audience. Levent’s summary paper is published below. Fiona, who compared artists Aude Bourgine and Joyce Lubotzky, will publish her summary in a later issue of the newsletter.
Since the ISFAR Symposium is held biennially, and the next one will be in 2027, we intend to organise a half-day conference around September next year in Sydney, to give the winners the opportunity to present their extended papers in person at that event.
ISFAR Student Prize text
Visualising the Invisible: ENSO in the Work of Marguerite Humeau and Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula
Levent Can Kaya
It is through cosmology that Marguerite Humeau and Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula understand the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO is a vast, invisible Earth system that shapes weather patterns. It is driven by the pressure between fluctuating oceanic and atmospheric temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.1 Using the work of these artists we can speculate that as the impacts and extremes of ENSO intensify due to warming oceans, the consequences of climate change will not only be physical but cultural too.
Each sculpture in Humeau’s tripartite Migrations (El Niño, La Niña, Kuroshio) (2022) is composed of a ribboning, bone-like trail supporting a blue vulval head, as if caught in the ocean or the wind. This ambiguous form aptly invokes ENSO which shapes marine, terrestrial and aerial ecosystems.2 The slick finish appears futuristic, while their fabrication from algae and bone evokes deep time.3 This tension renders the sculptures timeless, mirroring the cyclicality of the enduring ENSO system—now at risk of disruption due to climate change and warming oceans.4
Warangkula’s A Bush Tucker Story (1972) maps ENSO’s imprint on his sacred ancestral place, Kalipinypa.5 He began by painting dry riverbeds and creeks in black, using concentric circles to mark the soaks, all set against an ochre-primed board.6 He returned to the board after the La Niña rains of the early 1970s 7 and marked dots in the now-refilled rivers and soaks with a camel-hair brush.8 When the rains came again, he added dotted grass stems gathered from desert blooms, reflecting the rejuvenated ecosystem.9 Far from the coast, deep in the desert, ENSO’s rhythms guided Warangkula’s slow painting process.
Both artists are attuned to ENSO through a shared cosmological sensibility. Humeau’s atemporal sculptures evoke primordial, mythic entities. Their vulval heads suggest genesis and their fossilised bone-like trails, mortality. In La Niña, the trail strains against the head like Atlas bearing the heavens, embodying struggle within unseen forces.10 Warangkula’s work is not mere documentation but an embodied visualisation of Country—where cosmology, time, place, and self are one.11 He channels the Storm Dreaming of the Lightning Ancestor.12 The intricate dotted surface of A Bush Tucker Story—each mark indexing life summoned by ancestral forces—is brilliantly iridescent, evoking the presence of a cosmological force.13
If the intensification of ENSO reshapes the weather patterns that have grounded cosmological understandings of the universe for time immemorial, so too will it reshape cosmology. Through the work of Humeau and Warangkula, we can speculate that a warming ocean will bring not only physical but cultural consequences—another urgent reason to save our oceans.
Installation view from the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia: Marguerite Humeau, Migrations (El Niño, Kuroshio, La Niña), 2022
Left to right: El Niño, Kuroshio, La Niña
Credit: Roberto Marossi
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, A bush tucker story, 1972, digital record from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV Digital)
1 Michael J. McPhaden, Stephen E. Zebiak, and Michael H. Glantz, ‘ENSO as an Integrating Concept in Earth Science’, Science 314, no. 5806 (2006): 1740, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132588 .
2 McPhaden, Zebiak, and Glantz, ‘ENSO as an Integrating Concept’, 1741.
3 Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou, ‘Marguerite Humeau on ‘Migrations”, Her Sculptural Sea Creatures at the Venice Art Biennale’, Designboom, May 16, 2022, para. 1,
https://www.designboom.com/art/marguerite-humeau-migrations-sculptural-sea-creatures-venice-art-biennale-0 5-16-2022/.
4 Wenju Cai and Agus Santoso, ‘New study helps solve a 30-year-old puzzle: how is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?’, CSIRO, May 19, 2023.
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2023/may/climate-change-affecting-el-nino .
5 John Kean, ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula: Painting in a Changing Landscape’, NGV Art Journal 41 (2002), National Gallery of Victoria, para. 2,
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/johnny-warangula-tjupurrula-painting-in-a-changing-landscape/ .
6 ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, A Bush Tucker Story, 1972’, National Gallery of Victoria, accessed May 29, 2025, https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/2269/.
7 Bureau of Meteorology, ‘El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)’, https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/history/enso/.
8 ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, A Bush Tucker Story, 1972’, National Gallery of Victoria.
9 ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, A Bush Tucker Story, 1972’, National Gallery of Victoria.
10 Angelopoulou, ‘Marguerite Humeau on ‘Migrations’.
11 National Gallery of Australia, ‘Belonging: Stories of Australian Art’, accessed May 29, 2025, https://nga.gov.au/on-demand/belonging-stories-of-australian-art/.
12 Kean, ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula’.
13 Kean, ‘Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula’.
Levent Can Kaya is a curator and writer based on Dharug country. His Honours research at UNSW asks how we can ‘see’ the enforcement of sexual norms in archives and contemporary art. He is a co-director of Pari and co-coordinator of Kudos, programmes that support emerging creatives at UNSW.
Levent Can Kaya (photo supplied by author)
Berthe Mouchette Competition
Alexis Bergantz represented ISFAR at the 131st Berthe Mouchette Poetry Recitation Competition on Monday 17 November, held at The Capitol Theatre in the Melbourne CBD and organised by the Alliance Française de Melbourne. The competition is open to students from Years 3 to 12, and this year’s theme was ‘L’amour / Love.’ ISFAR is proud to be one of the sponsors of this important cultural event each year, which for over a hundred years has continued to nurture French language, literature and cross-cultural understanding in Australia. Alexis’s attendance was an opportunity to witness first-hand the enthusiasm, talent and confidence of a new generation of francophone and Francophile Australian students. More information on this year’s competition and a list of poems can be viewed on the Alliance website.
News from our members
John West-Sooby has drawn our attention to an event which took place on 6 November, during which Caroline Jackson, president of the Alliance Française of Hobart, presented to the captain of the French icebreaker L’Astrolabe a painting by Indigenous Australian artist Konstantina. The initiative was supported by the gallery Arts d’Australie: Stephane Jacob and coordinated by Emmanuelle Crane, president of the Indo-Pacific Institute.
Melbourne French Theatre 50th anniversary commemorative book – seeking potential writers
Melbourne French Theatre Inc. was founded in 1977 and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027. Plans are well underway for a book to commemorate this anniversary and the 50 years of the unique history of Melbourne French Theatre. We are aiming to have the book ready for publication in the third quarter of 2028.
A detailed structure for the book has been developed and will take the form of thematic chapters focusing on, among other topics: the plays and playwrights; the actors, directors and creatives; the theatre’s touring history in Australia and the Pacific; the theatre’s innovative surtitling; and its deep connections with the Melbourne local, tertiary, French and Francophone community and partners. A detailed list of proposed chapter titles is available on request. Chapters will be around 5,000 words maximum in length and written for a general audience.
Melbourne French Theatre is keen to hear from writers/researchers (ideally with French reading skills) who would have an interest in writing one or more chapters. Working on a flexible basis to fit in with their other commitments, writers would have access to the substantial records (hard copy, electronic, videos, artwork, etc) held in the Melbourne French Theatre office in Carlton, as well as interviews and ongoing liaison with Michel Bula. We aim to pay writers an appropriate honorarium for their work.
Expressions of interest with CV should be sent to Michel Bula at productions@mftinc.org.
Estelle Castro-Koshy writes that a series of events were organised in Paris, Brest, Plougastel-Daoulas and Douarnenez in September and October for the launch of Un firmament d’histoires : la littérature aborigène et îlienne du détroit de Torres, which includes the first anthology of First Nations poetry translated into French and into French sign language. The book is published by Actes Sud. The anthology was translated into French by E. Castro-Koshy and Philippe Guerre ; poems were translated into French Sign Language (langue des signes française LSF) by Anthony Guyon and Marie Lamothe and are available with QRcodes in the book, on the Actes Sud website and here.
The book also includes a prelude written by Flora Aurima Devatine, a preface by Barbara Glowczewski, a poem-tribute by Chantal T. Spitz, interviews with Anthony Guyon and Marie Lamothe, and an essay on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature focusing on over 70 authors by Estelle Castro-Koshy.
Ali Cobby Eckermann, a Yankunytjatjara poet and artist from South Australia, and Jeanine Leane a Wiradjuri writer, poet, critic, and essayist from southwest New South Wales, whose poems feature in the anthology, were invited to come to France for these events. Their presence, words, poetry, knowledge, stories and generosity greatly moved audiences.
At the book launch in Paris at the Consulat Voltaire on 26 September, readings by Ali Cobby Eckermann and Jeanine Leane were accompanied on piano by composer and pianist Jesse Plessis and dancers and choreographers Emilie Buestel and Marie Doiret from Sauf le dimanche. Indigenous Tahitian poet and orator, Flora Aurima Devatine, also paid tribute to the two poets and all Australian First Nations writers.
In Paris and Brest, the film kwatye urrewe (15 min), produced by Running Water Community Press in collaboration with GARUWA, was also screened in France, with French subtitles, for the first time. In Brittany, Ali Cobby Eckermann talked about her verse novel Ruby Moonlight published by Au vent des îles and translated by Mireille Vignol, and Jeanine Leane also read her poem « Soignez nos Terres. Soignez notre nation » published in journal Apulées #10 and translated by Mylène Charon.
The events included an unconference on the poetry of Craig Santos Perez and First Nations literature, with a special focus on the poetic work of Ali Cobby Eckermann and Jeanine Leane, held at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale on 7 October and co-organised with research project OSPAPIK/UBO.
Ali Cobby Eckermann signing Ruby Moonlight and Un firmament d’histoires at bookshop Les Métamorphoses in Douarnenez, 10 October 2025.
Credit : Estelle Castro-Koshy
Jeanine Leane gives a presentation at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale on 7th October 2025: right to left: Jeanine Leane, Estelle Castro-Koshy.
Credit: Gabrielle Guilcher/OSPAPIK
Tribute paid by Flora Aurima Devatine for the launch of Un firmament d’histoires at Le Consulat Voltaire, Paris, 26 September 2025. Right to left: Ali Cobby Eckermann, Estelle Castro-Koshy, Jeanine Leane, Flora Aurima Devatine.
Credit: Lena Aldeano
Louise Roudière writes that the Alliance Française de Sydney was delighted to host the AFRAN Pacific Bio-Innovation Hackathon: From Lab to Impact on 25–26 November, welcoming PhD students from Australia, New Caledonia and Tahiti.
The event opened with a discussion among researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders on how scientific research can evolve into meaningful bio-innovation and sustainable business ventures. Speakers explored pathways from laboratory discoveries to real-world applications, and PhD student groups presented projects developed during two days of reflection and mentoring before pitching their innovations to a professional jury. The Alliance Française de Sydney was proud to have supported this inspiring initiative, which strengthens connections between Australia and France through science and innovation.
1st prize winners
Credit: Helene Carmona
Participants from Tahiti
Credit: Helene Carmona
Vale Judith Bognar (1945–2025)
Educator, Francophile, Historian, former ISFAR member and regular Melbourne Salon attendee
Judith Bognar
Credit: Veronica Deren
On Monday 29 September 2025 we lost Judith (Judy) Bognar – a woman whose life was a masterclass in grace, intellect, and lively passion.
As an educator with degrees from The University of Melbourne for French, English and History, Judy shaped minds and hearts across generations for over four decades. Her classroom was more than a place of learning – it was a sanctuary of stories, ideas and inspiration.
Judy’s love for French culture was lifelong. For over 20 years, she gave her time and heart as a devoted volunteer with the AFTV (Association of French Teachers of Victoria), sharing her passion for language, literature, and the elegance of French life. Judy was a member of ISFAR for many years and a loyal participant at the Melbourne Salon, receiving a Certificate of Recognition (the only one awarded!) for attending all 29 Salons held in the first ten years of its existence (2010–2020). She attended several more Salons after that period too, always showing a strong desire to learn and contributing to the discussions, demonstrating her interest in and knowledge of a wide range of French cultural topics.
Judy leaves behind a legacy of learning, a garden of memories, and a community forever changed by her presence. She will be greatly missed.
(This is an edited version of fellow Melbourne Salon participant Veronica Deren’s notice in the October AFTV (Association of French Teachers of Victoria) newsletter.)
Call for Papers: 25th George Rudé Seminar in French History and Culture
8–10 July 2026, University of Western Australia
The conference organisers are pleased to invite you to the 25th George Rudé Seminar in French History and Culture, which will be held 8–10 July 2026 in Boorloo /Perth at the University of Western Australia on the unceded land of the Whadjuk Noongar on the banks of the Derbal Yerrigan /Swan River.
The George Rudé Seminar, held every second year in Australia or New Zealand, brings together specialists in French history and culture from across the world in recognition of the contribution made by George Rudé to the study of French history and culture in Australasia and internationally.
Call for Papers: The conference welcomes papers on all aspects of French and Francophone history, from the Middle Ages to the present. Papers may be given in English or in French and will normally be of 20 minutes duration. Proposals for thematic panels of three papers will also be considered.
While the conference will mainly be held in person, some online presentations will be possible. Please indicate your requirements when submitting your proposal. Please note that the conference will run in Australian Western Standard times.
Proposal Submissions: Proposals including presentation title, 200-word paper abstract, 150-word biographical statement, are due by 15 December 2025. Successful proposals to present will be notified by 31 January 2026.
All queries and proposals should be sent to: georgerudeseminar2026@gmail.com
Travel bursaries: A limited number of travel bursaries will be available to postgraduate, early career and unwaged presenters to support the costs of travel to the conference. See further details about the Alison Patrick Memorial Scholarship here. Please indicate in your proposal submission if you would like to be considered for bursary support and what your specific support needs are.
French History and Culture: Each Rudé conference produces a peer-reviewed selection of papers in the journal French History and Culture, published free and online through H-France at http://www.h-france.net/rude/rudepapers.html.
George Rudé Society: For further information on the George Rudé Society and on earlier conferences, see https://h-france.net/rude/
Organising committee: Paul Gibbard (University of Western Australia) and Susan Broomhall (Australian Catholic University)
Melbourne Salon
The recent Melbourne Salon was combined with the official opening of the New Caledonia Corner, a new space at the Alliance Française de Melbourne French Hub dedicated to celebrating the rich cultural heritage of New Caledonia.
Dr Tess Do (University of Melbourne) gave an insightful talk on author Jean Vanmai and the history of Vietnamese indentured workers in New Caledonia. Tess explored the challenges Vanmai faced in writing and publishing during a period of political unrest, and how his use of historical fiction reframed violence in ways that protected both victims and perpetrators. Tess also introduced Clément Baloup’s graphic novel Les engagés de Nouvelle-Calédonie (2020), a road-trip story which recounts the revival and transmission of the Chan Dang memories to younger generations.
Left-to-Right: Books by Jean Vanmai, including translation by Tess Do and Kathryn Lay-Chenchabi; Kerry Mullan Convenor of The Melbourne Salon, with Tess Do
Credit: Elizabeth Pearce
The colourful new corner brings together a curated selection of a hundred books purchased in and about New Caledonia, alongside a series of evocative illustrations by New Caledonian artist Marie Luneau, created in collaboration with CREIPAC, French language school in Nouméa. The project was made possible thanks to the support and coordination of the Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, represented by Yves Lafoy, Official Representative to Australia.
Left-to-Right: Marie-Hélène Predholm, General Manager, AFM; Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie, President, AFM; Yves Lafoy, Official Representative of New Caledonia to Australia.
Credit: Alliance Française de Melbourne
The New Caledonia Corner and the Reading Corner are open to everyone to consult during regular AFM opening hours. Book loans are reserved for AFM members.
French Embassy and AFRAN ‘Debate Cocktail’
Emeritus Barbara Santich was one of three keynote speakers at a ‘Debate cocktail’ on 13 November in Adelaide on the topic of ’The many values of food’, organised by the French Embassy and sponsored by the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN). Her presentation discussed the social and cultural values of food and eating, the motivations of food choice and differences between French and Australian choices and eating habits.
Barbara Santich speaking at the event
Credit: Embassy of France
New book
Mysteries and Dreams; The French in Oceania, eds. Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega, Lorenz Gonschor, has recently been published by Vernon Press. Its chapters are a collection of essays that examine French engagements with Indigenous Oceania from the 18th century to the present.
Events, exhibitions and recent media
For anyone in Paris in the next few weeks, the Bibliothèque nationale de France is presenting a major exhibition on Colette of over 300 items, including books, manuscripts, paintings, film and other objects (with podcast – in French – of reviews of the exhibition). The exhibition ‘Les Mondes de Collette’ runs until 18 January 2026.
In 2026 the Art Gallery of South Australia will present ‘Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition’, bringing 57 master works from the world-renowned collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, some of which have never been seen before in Australia. Select works from AGSA’s own collection enrich and complement the exhibition experience. The exhibition commences on 11 July 2026 and continues until November. A recent ABC news item provides further information about this exhibition. Information about school bookings is available on the AGSA website.
Geelong Gallery is delighted to announce the display of Claude Monet’s Meules, milieu du jour [Haystacks, midday] 1890, an exceptional destination painting on loan from the National Gallery of Australia.
Inside Story in November published a review by A.R Chisolm Professor of French at the University of Melbourne (and ISFAR vice-president) Véronique Duché of the book Josephine Baker’s Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom, by Hanna Diamond. Drawing on Diamond’s detailed research, the book describes Baker’s career as a highly effective wartime agent who used her celebrity as a perfect cover for her espionage in support of the Allied cause. In recognition of her efforts, Baker’s ashes were laid to rest in the Panthéon in Paris in November 2021.
Last February, the French Senate Library and Archives Department created the website Mémoire du Sénat. This website features nearly three million pages of online archives relating to the French Senate history and activities across more than 230 years of parliamentary history.
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