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Other legends by the local Mabuco people refer to the stones as the "Vatu Vola", and say it was transported on the Rogovoka [a] on its last voyage from Verata. The ship had also transferred sacred rocks to the king of Tonga before coming to Fiji. This legend says the monolith was originally a statue but crumbled from years of exposure.
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.
Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Social Sciences Association. 1978. Unaisi Nabobo-baba, Knowing & Learning - an indigenous Fijian approach, IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, 2006. ISBN 978-982-02-0379-2. General reference to Traditional Fijian culture, terms and meanings and history with a study on the people of Vugalei on Viti Levu ...
In 1969 LDS Primary School began meeting in the Suva Chapel and later moved to its permanent location in Samabula area. Fiji Primary In 1975, the church-owned Fiji Technical College, now called the Church College of Fiji was opened. The first stake in Fiji, the Suva Fiji Stake was organized 12 June 1983, with Inosi Naga as president. A stake ...
[83] [84] The current U.S. Embassy responsible for Kiribati is located in Suva, Fiji. [85] In November 1999, Kiribati agreed to allow Japan's National Space Development Agency to lease land on Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island) for 20 years, on which to build a spaceport. [86]
Suva Central Business District in the 1950s Suva, Fiji, c. 1920. In 1868, when Suva was still a small village, the Bauan chieftain, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, granted 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of land to the Australian-based Polynesia Company, in exchange for the company's promise to pay off debts owed to the United States.
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 ...
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.