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Topography of Viti Levu island. Enlargeable, detailed map of Viti Levu and some neighbouring islands. Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji – home to 70% of the population (about 600,000 people) – and is the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago.
Seddon, Richard John (1900) The Right Hon. R. J. Seddon's (the Premier of New Zealand) Visit to Tonga, Fiji, Savage Island and the Cook Islands, Wellington, NZ: John Mackay, Government Printer, p. 133
Tim Bayliss-Smith, Brian Robson, David Ley, Derek Gregory (eds), Islands, Islanders and the World: The Colonial and Post-Colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji, pp. 47—51. Details on Matanitu, Yavusa and other aspects of Fijian social structure. Karen J. Brison, Our Wealth Is Loving Each Other: Self and Society in Fiji.
The story of Baker's death is the basis for Jack London's short story "The Whale Tooth". [7] [8]In 1983, the American malacologist Alan Solem named the genus Vatusila "after the Fijian tribe (located at the headwaters of the Sigatoka River) that killed and ate Rev. Thomas Baker, a Wesleyan missionary, on July 21, 1867."
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The Fiji Museum holds the most important collection of Fijian artifacts in the world. [10] The centrepiece of the museum's collection is the 13 metre-long double-hulled canoe, Ratu Finau . [ 11 ] Other important objects include the rudder from HMS Bounty , objects relating to cannibalism, as well as objects that record the impact of colonial ...
Police Station, Lami, Fiji. Lami (Fijian pronunciation:), is an urban area in Rewa Province, Fiji, north-west of the capital Suva. It was formally incorporated as a town in 1977, and had a population of 20,529 at the most recent census in 2007. The municipal boundaries enclose an area of 683 square kilometers.
Thurston Gardens are the botanical gardens of Fiji. They used to be known as the Suva Botanical Gardens but its name was changed in honour of the fifth Governor of Fiji, Sir John Bates Thurston, who was Governor from February 1888 to March 1897. Thurston Gardens is located in central Suva, between Albert Park and the Government House.