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1858: Ma'afu the most powerful man in Fiji
Heneli Ma’afu was son of Josiah Tupo’u, the previous Kanokupulo. It is often suggested that George Tupou, King of Tonga sent Ma’afu to Fiji to make a kingdom for himself in in 1947 b… more →
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1858: Ma'afu the most powerful man in Fiji
levuka wrote 11 months ago: Heneli Ma’afu was son of Josiah Tupo’u, the previous Kanokupulo. It is often suggested t … more →
September 1858: Maafu's men massacre 30 of Ritova's party in Church on Sunday at Natakala, Bua
levuka wrote 11 months ago: Consul Pritchard favoured Cakobau over Maafu, because of the brutality of the Maafu-lead Tongan Met … more →
1795: Australian convicts Morgan, Ambler and Connolly land on Tonga, off American ship, Otter
levuka wrote 1 year ago: ‘Towards the end of the 1790s a new influence came to Tonga in the form of permanent European reside … 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 →
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: Photo of Consul Pritchard and Ritora aboard the Pelorus at Levuka
levuka wrote 1 year ago: The Mitchell Library Printed Books collection contains photographs of H.M.S. Pelorus and crew member … more →
In June 1868, the Tongan Parliament instructed Ma'afu to cease from involving the Tongan Government in Fijian affairs
levuka wrote 2 years ago: In June 1868, the Tongan Parliament ordered the flag to be hauled down and instructed Ma’afu t … more →
C. W. Whonsbon-Aston's 1937 sea journey, to visit to Maafu at Loma Loma
levuka wrote 2 years ago: By C. W. Whonsbon-Aston in Levuka Days of a Parson in Polynesia in London: Society for the Propagati … more →
