Point Cruz
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Point Cruz is a peninsula{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon L.|title=World War 2 Pacific Island Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChyilRml0hcC&pg=PA117|accessdate=21 September 2012|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31395-0|pages=117–}} in the center of Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island. Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands. Point Cruz is located on the Tandai Highway,{{cite book|last1=Geographic Information Unit|title=HONIARA LOCATION GUIDE|date=June 2004|publisher=Department of Lands and Survey|pages=205}} and is ¼ mile north of the Solomon Islands Parliament Building. Point Cruz is in the Honiara City Council ward of Cruz,{{cite web|last1=Honiara City Council|title=Ward Map|url=http://www.honiaracitycouncil.com/your-council/the-council/hcc-ward-map/|accessdate=19 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419035844/http://www.honiaracitycouncil.com/your-council/the-council/hcc-ward-map/|archivedate=19 April 2015}} and is East of Town Ground and West of Tuvaruhu.
Nomenclature
Point Cruz (Ghari language name: naho-ni-ara; translation, "facing the east and southeast trade winds") is the CBD area of 'Honiara' which is a Ghari language name for the piece of land west of Point Cruz {{cite web|title=Honiara|url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000133b.htm|website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
History
The Point Cruz peninsular and surrounding areas were the locations for many battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign.{{cite web|title=14 Brigade Group Landing, Point Cruz, Guadalcanal|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/WH2Paci-fig-Wh2Pac14b.html|website=Victoria University of Wellington Library|accessdate=12 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=2nd battalion 5th marines|url=http://www.2ndbn5thmar.com/history/25guadalcanal1942.pdf|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
In March 1959 the Royal yacht HMY Britannia docked at the Point Cruz wharf as part of the Royal visit by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh{{cite news|title=Duke Arrives In Solomons|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128811178|accessdate=13 May 2015|agency=The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|publisher=National Library of Australia|date=20 March 1959}}
Central Business District
Several government and business offices are situated in the suburb.{{cite book|last=Stanley|first=David|title=South Pacific Handbook|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w6zguqsU7x0C|accessdate=21 September 2012|date=1 January 2000|publisher=David Stanley|isbn=978-1-56691-172-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w6zguqsU7x0C/page/n870 871]–}}
{{wide image|Panorama_of_Breakwater,_Honiara.jpg|2000px|alt=Panorama_of_Breakwater,_Honiara.jpg|Panorama of Breakwater, Honiara. Nahoniara point (right) and Mbokona Bay (left). Breakwater cafe, Sol Mendana Hotel and Heritage hotel center.}}
=Telecom=
The Solomon Telekom Company Limited (Our Telekom) was founded in 1988 {{cite web|title=Company Overview|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=51734114|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=14 May 2015}} and is a joint venture company between Solomon Islands National Provident Fund, (SINPF) which hold 64.74% of the shares, and Cable & Wireless Plc of the United Kingdom which holds 32.58% of shares and the Investment Corporation of the Solomon Islands (ICSI) which owns 2.68% of the shares.{{cite web|title=OUR TELEKOM|url=https://www.ourtelekom.com.sb/|accessdate=14 May 2015}} On the 15 October 2014 Cable & Wireless Communications divested 32.577% shareholding in Solomon Telekom Company Limited ("Soltel") to the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund Board for total cash proceeds of approximately US$16.5 million.{{cite web|title=Cable & Wireless Communications Plc Divests interest in Solomon Telekom|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/12117434.html|website=londonstockexchange|accessdate=14 May 2015}}{{cite news|title=S.I.N.P.F NOW OWNS OVER 90% OF SOLOMON TELEKOM COMPANY|url=http://www.sibconline.com.sb/s-i-n-p-f-now-owns-over-90-of-solomon-telekom-company/|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=SIBC}}{{cite news|title=Solomon Telekom now locally owned|url=http://www.pngloop.com/2014/10/20/solomon-telekom-now-locally-owned/|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=PNG Loop 2015|date=20 October 2014}}
Improvements in rural mobile network coverage have been made with the deployment of many towers constructed through the islands.{{cite web|title=Solomon Telekom increases rural mobile coverage|url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2014/01/09/solomon-telekom-increases-rural-mobile-coverage/|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
In 2008 the first Solomon Islander, Loyley Ngira was appointed as chief executive officer.{{cite news|title=First Solomon Islander CEO for Our Telekom|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/first-solomon-islander-ceo-for-our-telekom/2868|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Times Online|date=22 October 2008}}
The Solomon Telekom Co average download speed is 709 kbit/s (89 kB/s).{{cite web|title=Solomon Telekom Co Speed Test|url=http://testmy.net/hoststats/solomon_telekom_co|website=TestMy Net LLC|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
=Central Police Station=
Following the cessation of the Guadalcanal Campaign the Solomon Islands Protectorate Government relocated from Lungga Plantation to Point Cruz. The Secretariat long leaf building was opposite the present Central Police Station and contained the post office and telecommunications office while the Public Works Department was located at the site of Central Police Station.{{cite book|last1=Gideon Zoleveke|title=ZOLEVEKE: A MAN FROM CHOISEUL|date=1981|publisher=editorips@usp.ac.fj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU5hWdN6pFcC&pg=PA28|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
After the April 2006 riots and the arrest of Charles Dausabea a makeshift court upstairs of the Central Police Station was established for 20 persons charged arising from last week's civil strife.{{cite news|title=ANOTHER LAWMAKER ARRESTED IN HONIARA AFTERMATH|url=http://archives.pireport.org/archive/2006/april/04-25-02.htm|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Pacific Islands Report|date=25 April 2006}}
In 1966 new accommodation was built for police officers behind Central Police Station and consisted of a block for single men and eight married quarters.{{cite web|title=Solomon Islands Police Force|url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000293b.htm|website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
On 25 March 2010 the Taiwanese navy ships, Wu-Yi and Kuen Ming visited Honiara and several Navy volunteers assisted paint the Central Police Station.{{cite news|last1=Ednal Palmer|title=HONIARA OVERRUN BY TAIWANESE SAILORS|url=http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2010/March/03-26-04.htm|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Pacific Islands Report|date=26 March 2010}}
=NPF Plaza=
In the 1950s the site was the location of the Woodford International School.{{cite web|url=http://www.wis.edu.sb/about.htm|title=Woodford International School|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Woodford International School|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402175246/http://www.wis.edu.sb/about.htm|archivedate=2 April 2013}}
In 2008 a young man preaching at NPF Plaza was heckled by another young man. Shortly after a citrus plant from NFP fell on the heckler where he later died.{{cite news|title=Freak Accident Kills Mocker|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/freak-accident-kills-mocker/1548|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Times Online|date=29 March 2008}}
=Anthony Saru Building=
The Anthony Saru building was named after the South Malaitan MP who won the 1970 general election and unsuccessfully contested the Small Malaita Constituency in 1973.
Anthony Saru successfully moved a motion in Parliament for the introduction of a savings scheme in a form of a provident fund on the 27 November 1970 and in 1976 the Solomon Island National Provident Fund (SINPF) Social Security Scheme was established.{{cite web|title=National Provident Fund|url=http://www.sinpf.org.sb/|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
=NPF Building=
- Solomon Island National Provident Fund HQ
- Embassy of Japan {{cite web|title=Embassy of Japan in Solomon|url=http://www.sb.emb-japan.go.jp/|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
=LKP Building=
- Delegation of the European Union to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
=Central Bank of Solomon Islands=
=Other locations=
- All Saints Church
- Anglican Church
- Franciscan Rooms
- Quality Motel
- Honiara Casino
{{Gallery
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|File:Central_Police_Station_and_Central_Bank_Honiara.jpg|Central Police Station and Central Bank
|File:NPF_Plaza_Mendana_Ave_Honiara.jpg|NPF Plaza
|File:Our_Telekom_HQ_Mendana_Ave_Honiara.jpg|Our Telekom HQ
|File:Pacific_Oil_depot,_Honiara.jpg|Pacific Oil depot
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|File:Bank_South_Pacific_HQ,_Mendana_Ave_Honiara.jpg|Bank of South Pacific HQ, Mendana Ave.
|File:Mission_to_seafarers,_Church_of_Melanesia_Honira.jpg|Mission to Seafarers, Church of Melanesia.
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National Parliament
{{main|National Parliament of the Solomon Islands}}
The National Parliament of Solomon island was founded on the birth of national independence in July 1978.{{cite web|title=National Parliament of Solomon Islands|url=http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/partner/national-parliament-solomon-islands/|website=Nexus Strategic Partnerships Limited|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
The building is a circular design and was funded by the United States for the 50th anniversary of the Guadalcanal Campaign and constructed by a Japanese firm.{{cite web|title=National Parliaments worldwide|url=http://www.places-of-power.org/wiki/index.php?title=Solomon_Islands|website=Plenum places of power|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
This structure was the recipient of the NAVFAC 1997 Commander's Award for Design Excellence.{{cite web|title=Solomon Islands Parliament Building|url=http://martinchock.com/solomon-islands-parliament-bui.asp|website=martin chock|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
Tourism
=Point Cruz Yacht Club=
The Point Cruz Yacht Club is located in the Point Cruz suburb {{cite book|last1=Hinz|first1=Earl R.|last2=Howard|first2=Jim|title=Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjIg5FgUUW8C&pg=PA245|accessdate=21 September 2012|date=1 May 2006|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3037-3|pages=245–}} and overlooks the Savo and Florida Islands.{{cite web|last1=John D. Lukacs|title=Following History's Footsteps on Guadalcanal|url=http://www.historynet.com/following-historys-footsteps-on-guadalcanal.htm|accessdate=13 May 2015|date=February 2011}}
The new clubhouse of the Point Cruz Yacht Club in Honiara was opened by its Commodore, High Commissioner Sir Robert Foster, on 15 August 1964.{{cite web|title=Point Cruz Yacht Club|url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000227b.htm|website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978|accessdate=13 May 2015}}
As at 2012 there are 7 visiting cruising yachts here all swinging free on the West side of the harbor near the yellow mooring buoy.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
A plaque commemorating Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro who was the only member of the United States Coast Guard to have received the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the September Matanikau action in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II is displayed inside the Yacht Club.{{cite web|title=Munro Memorial Point Cruz Yacht Club|url=http://www.fold3.com/image/310937592/|website=fold3|accessdate=13 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=Douglas Albert Munro|url=http://www.fold3.com/page/637459212_douglas_albert_munro/|accessdate=13 May 2015}}
=Heritage Park Hotel=
The 5 star Heritage Park Hotel was built on the site of the Old Government House which was later used as the original Art Gallery.{{cite news|last1=Mary KIVO|title=New Art Gallery to costs more than $61 million.|url=http://www.islandsun.com.sb/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4770:malaita-agriculture-fair-a-huge-success&catid=36:latest-news&Itemid=79|accessdate=14 May 2015|date=26 January 2011}}{{cite web|title=Honiara|url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000133b.htm|website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978|accessdate=14 May 2015}}{{cite news|title=Solomon Islands minister confirms plan for five-star hotel in Honiara|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/159939/solomon-islands-minister-confirms-plan-for-five-star-hotel-in-honiara|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Radio New Zealand|date=27 January 2006}}
=Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel=
The Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel has 96 rooms and underwent extensive renovations in 2008.{{cite news|title=Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel To Launch New Look|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/solomon-kitano-mendana-hotel-to-launch-new-look/1480|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Times Online|date=14 March 2008}} The Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel falls under the Japanese Kitano Construction Corp.{{cite web|title=Overview of the Kitano Group|url=http://www.kitano.co.jp/english/company/group.php|website=Kitano Group|accessdate=14 May 2015}} and was named after Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira.{{cite web|title=Summary|url=http://www.kitanomendana.com/en/about/|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
=King Solomon Hotel=
The King Solomon Hotel has 73 rooms {{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.kingsolomonhotel.info/|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
In 1964 a resthouse was built by Baháʼí pioneer Alvin J. Blum on the site of the present-day King Solomon Hotel on Hibiscus Avenue, and became Honiara's third hotel. In 2005 the Blums were featured on Solomon Island stamps.{{cite book|title=Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue: Western Pacific, 1st edition|date=2006|publisher=Stanley Gibbons Limited|isbn=978-0-85259-641-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc9aAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
=SINPF Hibiscus Apartments=
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|File:Heritage_Park_Hotel_Honiara.jpg|Heritage Park Hotel
|File:SINPF_Hibiscus_Apartments.jpg|SINPF Hibiscus Apartments
|File:King_Solomon_Hotel_Honiara.jpg|King Solomon Hotel
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|File:Honiara_Yacht_Club.jpg|Honiara Yacht Club
|File:Solomon_Kitano_Mendana_Hotel.jpg|Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel
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Art Gallery
The new Art Gallery and the Open Air Theater project was built in 2012 at a cost of more than $61million. The Art Gallery has many displays and celebrations are held at the Art Gallery grounds.{{cite news|title=ISABEL DAY TO BE COMMEMORATED IN HONIARA TOMORROW|url=http://sasalecommunity.blogspot.com/2014/06/sibc_2.html|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=SIBC|date=1 Jun 2014}}
The Solomon Islands Artists Association (SIAA) conducts displays and workshops at the art gallery and was founded in 1991 and now has over 200 artists members.{{cite news|title=Solomon Islands Artists Association Marked Its 24th Anniversary With A Workshop And Training Session|url=http://www.solomonislandsinfocus.com/solomon-islands-artists-association-marked-its-24th-anniversary-with-a-workshop-and-training-session.html|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Star}}
The Art Gallery hosts the Youth Market {{cite web|title=Youth Market|url=http://allevents.in/events/youth-market/231982190319654|accessdate=14 May 2015}} which is the location where the local band Red Star Unit often performs.{{cite web|title=Red Star Unit|url=https://soundcloud.com/the-red-star-unit/red-star-unit-snuff-cover-live|accessdate=14 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=The Red Star Unit|url=http://solomon.spla.pro/en/file.group.the-red-star-unit.2900.html|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
=Mere's Market=
Mere's Market is held at the Honiara Art Gallery every 2 months {{cite web|title=Funding boost for Solomon Is businesswomen|url=http://www.pacifictradeinvest.com/wp/?p=6562|accessdate=14 May 2015}} and enables Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWINA) to showcase their businesses, create networks, share ideas and add to their incomes which has been funded by Australia since 2011.{{cite news|title=Australia Announces Additional Funding for SIWIBA|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/australia-announces-additional-funding-for-siwiba/8297|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Times Online|date=31 October 2014}}
= Film Festival=
The G'day Solomon Islands film festival commenced Friday 6 June which is a collaboration with the Australian High Commission in Honiara is located in the Art Gallery grounds.{{cite news|title=Australian film festival set|url=http://solomonstarnews.com/features/local-entertainment/2102-australian-film-festival-set|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=Solomon Star News|date=27 May 2014}}
=National Museum=
The existing National Museum organises Solomon Islands dance performances and was officially opened 12 November 1999 {{cite web|title=Solomon Islands National Museum|url=http://www.pacificwrecks.com/restore/solomons/national_museum.html|website=Pacific Wrecks|accessdate=14 May 2015}} and was originally established in 1969.{{cite web|title=Government and society|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/553556/Solomon-Islands/53969/Government-and-society|website=Britannica|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
The Japanese Government donated grants for the construction of several buildings used by the museum.{{cite web|title=Solomon Islands National Museum|url=http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/8945/Solomon-Islands-National-Museum.htm|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
In 1991 during construction of the National Museum, construction workers unearthed thirty 75mm un-exploded Japanese rounds and several US munitions that were buried since the Guadalcanal Campaign.{{cite news|last1=AAP|title=Dangerous war relics unearthed.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118154346|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|publisher=National Library of Australia|date=29 June 1991}}
In 2015 the National Museum hosted an unexploded ordnance photographic display of artifacts still present since the end of WW2.{{cite news|title=NATIONAL MUSEUM TO HOST WWII BOMBS PHOTO EXHIBITION|url=http://www.sibconline.com.sb/national-museum-to-host-wwii-bombs-photo-exhibition/|accessdate=14 May 2015|agency=SIBC|date=11 May 2015}}
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|File:Honiara_Museum,_Mendana_Ave_Honiara.jpg|Honiara Museum, Mendana Ave.
|File:Honiara_Art_Gallery.jpg|Honiara Art Gallery
|File:Honiara_open_air_theater,_Museum_Grounds.jpg|Honiara open air theater, Museum Grounds
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|File:Panorama_of_Honiara_Art_Gallery.jpg|Panorama of Honiara Art Gallery
|File:Meres_Market_at_the_art_gallery_Honiara.jpg|Meres Market at the art gallery grounds
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Industry
{{wide image|Panoramic_photo_of_Honiara_wharf.jpg|800px|alt=Panoramic photo of Honiara wharf.jpg|Panoramic photo of Honiara wharf.}}
=Honiara Port=
The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) was established on 4 June 1956 as a statutory corporation by an Act of Parliament. It is a State Own Enterprise(SOE) and is wholly owned by the government of Solomon Islands.{{cite web|title=Solomon Islands Ports Authority|url=http://www.sipa.com.sb/|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
Currently the maximum vessel size for vessels is over {{convert|500|ft}} in length {{cite web|title=Port of Honiara|url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/portCall/SLB_Port_of_Honiara_2382.php|website=World Port Source|accessdate=15 May 2015}} and the maximum depth is {{convert|9.14|m}} {{cite web|title=HONIARA PORT|url=http://www.port-directory.com/ports/honiara/|website=port directory|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
A new International Wharf consisting of a new {{convert|180|m}} deep sea water berth is under construction and is expected that the new wharf will be in operation in 2016 {{cite news|last1=Charles Kadamana|title=Groundbreaking Held For $25 Million Solomons Port Project|url=http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/January/01-30-04a.htm|accessdate=15 May 2015|agency=Pacific Islands Report|date=30 January 2015}} at a cost of 24 million US dollars.{{cite news|title=Work on Honiara international seaport to begin|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/264962/work-on-honiara-international-seaport-to-begin|accessdate=15 May 2015|date=31 January 2015}}
File:Honiara Port, restricted enterance.jpg
In 2014 the Honiara Port was awarded with the Club of Ports' Label for Excellence as the most dynamic port in the Pacific area.{{cite web|title=Honiara Port - Most Dynamic Port in the Pacific Area|url=http://solomon-unesco.typepad.com/solomon-unesco/2014/09/honiara-port-most-dynamic-port-in-the-pacific-area.html|website=unesco|accessdate=15 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=Honiara Port (Solomon Islands) - Most Dynamic Port in the Pacific Area|url=http://www.clubofports.org/2014/10/honiara-port-awarded-with-a-label-for-excellence-on-the-occasion-of-the-forthcoming-forum-in-geneva.html|website=CMF Club of Ports|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
=South Pacific Oil depot=
The main South Pacific Oil terminal is located at the Honiara Port. South Pacific Oil Limited purchased Shell Pacific's business and assets in Solomon Islands in 2006 and is 100% owned by the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund. Over {{convert|85|e6L}} of petroleum is imported annually{{cite web|title=Welcome to SOUTH PACIFIC OIL LTD|url=http://www.spo.com.sb/index.htm|website=SOUTH PACIFIC OIL|accessdate=15 May 2015}}
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|File:35th_Independence_anniversary_gift_from_Fiji.jpg|35th Independence anniversary gift from Fiji
|File:Coastwatchers_memorial_Commonwealth_Street,_Honiara.jpg|Coastwatchers memorial Commonwealth Street
|File:Cenotaph,_Honiara.jpg|Cenotaph, Central Police Station
|File:Bust_of_Spanish_explorer_Mendana.jpg|Bust of Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
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|File:Coastwatchers_memorial_Commonwealth_Street,_Honiara_-_plaque_of_names.jpg|Plaque of names.
|File:Coastwatchers_memorial_Commonwealth_Street_Honiara_-_plaque_of_names.jpg|Plaque of names
|File:Coastwatchers_memorial_Commonwealth_Street,_Honiara_-_plaque.jpg|Plaque of thanks
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References
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See also
- USS Point Cruz (CVE-119)
- Point Cruz Peninsular in WW2
- Point Cruz Peninsular in WW2
- [http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/collections/focus-on/guadalcanal.html Guadalcanal: America’s First Offensive]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Point-Cruz-Wharf/455932951091932 Point Cruz Wharf Facebook Page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/PCYC-Point-Cruz-Yacht-club-Honiara/179347955453299 Point Cruz Yacht Club Facebook page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/TulagiDive Point Cruz Tulagi Dive Facebook Page]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ZOeoextXM Point Cruz band - No Tea Ft Divandeh]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australia-in-Solomon-Islands/151279301694070 Australia in Solomons Facebook page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/kitanomendana Kitano Mendana Hotel Facebook page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-Police-Station/130803927021389 Central Police Station Facebook page]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPGmWktGyk National Museum 2014 display]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solomon-Islands-Women-in-Business-Association-SIWIBA/420712241298821 SIWIB Facebook page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Npf-Plaza/134290683318241?ref=ts&fref=ts NPF Plaza Facebook page]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anthony-Saru-Building/184294128311397 Anthony Saru Building Facebook page]
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