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1853: [Ma'afu] "has introduced order, proprietery and rule" wrote Lyth after the arrival of Ma'afu amd Sefanaia Laulua
‘Wesleyan missionary, Lyth wrote repeatedly to King George Tuopu of Tonga asking for his intervention to control the behavour of Tongans in Fiji. …Ma’afu played no particularly promi… more →
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1853: [Ma'afu] "has introduced order, proprietery and rule" wrote Lyth after the arrival of Ma'afu amd Sefanaia Laulua
levuka wrote 10 months ago: ‘Wesleyan missionary, Lyth wrote repeatedly to King George Tuopu of Tonga asking for his inter … more →
September 1858: Maafu's men massacre 30 of Ritova's party in Church on Sunday at Natakala, Bua
levuka wrote 10 months ago: Consul Pritchard favoured Cakobau over Maafu, because of the brutality of the Maafu-lead Tongan Met … more →
November, 1869: Suva lands declared "open for settlement" by The Polynesia Company,
levuka wrote 1 year ago: The Polynesia Company, Limited, having been formed, issued its regulations in November, 1869, under … more →
July 13, 1869: First half of Cakobau debt paid by Polynesia Company: 27,000 acres sold
levuka wrote 1 year ago: July 13, 1869 : These instalments were, in fact, paid by the Polynesia Company, Limited, on July 13, … more →
July 23, 1868: Polynesia Company gets 200,000 acres of land, including Suva from Cakobau and six principal chiefs
levuka wrote 1 year ago: In 1868 two gentlemen, by name Brewer and Evans, arrived in Fiji from Melbourne as agents for the Po … more →
(date?) Cakobau and his co-signatories gave a valid title in the Suva lands to the Polynesia Land Company Limited, and thus paid debt claimed by US Government
levuka wrote 1 year ago: In the Reports Of International Arbitral Awards Recueil Des Sentences Arbitrales Benson Robert Henry … more →
1860: Lt. Col. W. T. Smythe visited Levuka and questioned Cakobau’s claim to be king of Fiji
levuka wrote 1 year ago: Colonel Smythe was sent by the British government as a special commissioner to report on the suitabi … more →
1870: Cotton boom ends, chaos rises: government needed: planters of Lau, German with business interests in Tonga, wanted Ma'afu; the men of Western Fiji preferred Cakobau
levuka wrote 1 year ago: On June 5th, 1871, Cakobau was proclaimed King of Fiji at a ceremony in Levuka. This event followed … more →
1854: Captain Frederick Howard – log of HMS ‘Herald’, in Levuka harbour for two months; read Articles of War to crew, hosts Cakobau with 10-gun salute
levuka wrote 1 year ago: 29th September 1854, Levuka Harbour AM 2.30 Observed the centre of Ovalau WNW. Hove to set spanker … more →
1865: Tongan, Joeli Bulu came to Fiji with James Calvert; Bulu was later, “ chaplain to Cakobau”
levuka wrote 1 year ago: 1865: “Joeli Bulu came to Fiji with Calvert. He was with John Hunt at Rewa, and later on Viwa … more →
In June 1838 a large canoe provided byTaufa'ahau of Ha'apai, the future king of all Tonga, brought to Lakeba six more teachers to serve the Fiji mission:
levuka wrote 1 year ago: In June 1838 a large canoe provided by Taufa’ahau of Ha’apai, the future king of all Ton … more →
1874: Cakabau gets a pension from the English government
levuka wrote 1 year ago: Anthony Trollope wrote in 1875, “As soon as the transfer was completed, Thakombau, with some o … more →
1868: three-way fight for control of Fiji by Britain, America, and Australia; Thakombau crowned king, Melbourne-based Polynesian Company offers to pay Cakobau's debt; but on 10th October, 1874, a deed of cession to Britain, was executed at Levuka
levuka wrote 1 year ago: Trollope, Anthony reported in 1875 the Sir Hercules Robinson view of Fijian affairs which lead up to … more →
1875: writer, Anthony Trollope - "Levuka has been the white man's capital in Fiji"; merchants and the missionaries compelled colonial control
levuka wrote 1 year ago: English writer, postal commissior, Anthony Trollop gives an English view of Fiji in 1875, after vis … more →
October 1874: Chiefs sign Deed of Cession of Fiji to Great Britain
levuka wrote 2 years ago: One original of the Deed of Cession was retained in Fiji, and until the late thirties of the present … more →
1875: Measles killed over 40,000 in Fiji
levuka wrote 2 years ago: 1875: Measles killed over 40,000 in Fiji, reportedly after Ratu Cakobau and his two sons returned fr … more →
1700 - 1993: timeline of rulers of Fiji
levuka wrote 2 years ago: Rulers (styled Vunivalu) 17.. – 1770 Naulatikau 1770 – Feb 1803 Banuve (b. … … more →
1859: Cakaobau "a great man"; conversion to Methodism gave Fiji peace
levuka wrote 2 years ago: The Anglican Archdeacon of Polynesia said “I feel the greatest moment in the history of Fiji w … more →
1937 visit to the Island of islands of Ngau, Mbatiki, villages of Yavo, Saweieke, Fiji
levuka wrote 2 years ago: In Levuka Days of a Parson in Polynesia By C. W. Whonsbon-Aston London: Society for the Propagation … more →
