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20 July 1871: Hennings, Sagar and Woods create Fiji “Government”, at Levuka, fund private army; drill 29 Fijians to fight “Ba mountaineeers”
The North Otago Times, reported “A body of over over 29 natives were being put through their facings in July 20 ( 1871), by Lieutenant Woods and the fact of discplining them in the white man fashion c… more →
Levuka History and Timeline
20 July 1871: Hennings, Sagar and Woods create Fiji “Government”, at Levuka, fund private army; drill 29 Fijians to fight “Ba mountaineeers”
levuka wrote 7 months ago: The North Otago Times, reported “A body of over over 29 natives were being put through their facings … more →
1858: Ma'afu the most powerful man in Fiji
levuka wrote 10 months ago: Heneli Ma’afu was son of Josiah Tupo’u, the previous Kanokupulo. It is often suggested t … more →
April 1844: Wesleyan religious conversion fails in Somosomo and Thomas Williams turns to anthropological research: starts work which will lead to “Fiji and the Fijians”
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levuka wrote 1 year ago: English Wesleyan missionary, Thomas Williams, in his Journal under date 10 April 1844 he writes: … more →
24 May 1738: John Wesley's conversion, while reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans was a foretaste of religious revivals at Vewa, Ono, Lakemba and Mbua Bay 100 years later
levuka wrote 1 year ago: 24 May 1738 was day and hour of John Wesley’s conversion, while reading Luther’s preface … more →
1703: John Wesley was born at Epworth, not far from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
levuka wrote 1 year ago: “Before Thomas Williams left England Methodism had gripped Lincolnshire, and at the time of his depa … 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 →
the 28th of September, 1857 William Pritchard appointed Consul only 30-40 Europeans in Fiji
levuka wrote 1 year ago: IN December, 1856, my father sailed from Samoa for England, leaving me as Acting Consul. On the 28th … more →
1863: Consul W. T. Pritchard, frames Fiji code of laws, but was unjustly accused and removed as Fiji administrator
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levuka wrote 1 year ago: Berthold Seemann in a foreword to W. T. Pritchard’s, Polynesian Reminiscences wrote “ My pers … more →
1829: birth of first Fiji Consul, W. T. Pritchard, son of George Pritchard counseller to Queen Pomare, later, British Consul to Tahiti
levuka wrote 1 year ago: First Fiji Consul, W. T. Pritchard, was the son of Missionaries (London Missionary Society) and born … more →
1835: Power of Fijian chief converted in Tonga, Josua Mateinaniu of Fulaga, eased the entry of David Cargill and William Gross first Wesleyans to Lakeba
levuka wrote 1 year ago: 1835: A Fijian chief who had been converted in Tonga, Josua Mateinaniu of Fulaga, who accompanied th … more →
By the early nineteenth century Tongans were familiar infiltrators of Fiji. They traded in canoes and wooden bowls
levuka wrote 1 year ago: Tongan migration and settlement on Wallis for purposes of family reunion, migration and trade were a … 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 →
1861: Photo of Maafu, and Nacagilevu, on board the HMS Pelorus at Levuka
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levuka wrote 1 year ago: http://libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/ENQ/PM/FULL1?446591 … more →
1861 - 1862: Tui Levuka's house, as photographed by the crew of the Pelorus
levuka wrote 1 year ago: This photo was purchased Oct 1912, and part of a photo album made by the crw of the Pelorus. It was … 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 →
92 Muslims arrived from India on the sailing ship "Leonidas" to Levuka: Sunni Buddha Khan leads azzan
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levuka wrote 2 years ago: The first azzan – call to prayer – in Fjii was credited to Buddha Khan, one of the 92 Mu … more →
June 1875: Fiji's first Governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, arrived from Australia
levuka wrote 2 years ago: In his retirement: After he was raised to the peerage in 1893, Gordon was an active member of the Ho … 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 →
