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Missionary David Cargill: biographical timeline
Wesleyan missionary David Cargill died in Tonga, age 34. His first wife , Margaret, died age 30, in Fiji, after the birth of her 6th child, over 7 years of marriage. 20 June 1809: David Cargill was… more →
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Missionary David Cargill: biographical timeline
levuka wrote 10 months ago: Wesleyan missionary David Cargill died in Tonga, age 34. His first wife , Margaret, died age 30, in … more →
25 April 1843: did Wesleyan missionary David Cargill, die in Tonga, of a self-administered overdose of opium?
levuka wrote 10 months ago: at http://19thcenturyartofmourning.com/19th_century_laudanum_bottle.htm Two versions exist of the de … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
1868: Frederick Moss came to Fiji to grow cotton after American civil war made sea-island cotton price rise
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levuka wrote 1 year ago: Moss was a New Zealand businessman who went to Fiji in 1868 during the cotton rush, when the America … 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
1839: First written code of law for Tonga
levuka wrote 2 years ago: The unity that resulted helped Tonga to retain its independence during the period of European coloni … more →
1831: baptism of Taufa’ahau, the ruler of Ha’apai, Tonga, later, "King George"
levuka wrote 2 years ago: The baptism of Taufa’ahau, the ruler of Ha’apai, in 1831, started a new chapter of Tongan history. T … more →
1833: Taufa’ahau, (King George) gains authority over Vava’u, Tonga
levuka wrote 2 years ago: Taufa’ahau, who named himself King George Tupou after the King George of England and Hanover, about … more →
