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Levuka, 1842 Fijian ship, 1842 Fijian house, 1842. Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for Terra Australis incognita, or the Great Southern Continent. [15]
UTC+12 (1200 GMT) Website. www.suvacity.org. Suva (Fijian pronunciation: [ˈsuβa]; Fiji Hindi: सुवा) is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Division.
When the first modern nation state of Fiji, the Kingdom of Fiji, was founded in 1871, Seru Epenisa Cakobau was crowned King at Levuka. After Fiji was annexed as a British colony in 1874, Levuka remained the capital until 1877, when the administration was moved to Suva, although the move was not made official until 1882. The move was prompted by ...
The Fiji national rugby union team during the 2007 Rugby World Cup playing against Canada. Rugby Union is the most-popular team sport played in Fiji. [163] The Fiji national sevens side is a popular and successful international rugby sevens team and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record eighteen times since its inception in 1976. [164]
Founding of Fiji Airways (after which it was renamed to Air Pacific; it was then renamed to Fiji Airways on June the 27th, 2013). 1953: Visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Legislative Council expanded – but elective seats still a minority. Suva earthquake: 1954: Ratu Sukuna appointed first Speaker of the Legislative Council. 1963: Indigenous Fijians ...
History of Fiji. Since attaining independence from the United Kingdom on 10 October 1970, Fijian history has been marked by exponential economic growth up to 1987, followed by relative stagnation, caused to a large extent by political instability following two military coups in 1987 and a civilian putsch in 2000.
Lautoka is known as the Sugar City because of its sugar cane belt areas. [1] The main Lautoka Sugar Mill was founded in 1903, [2] and is the city's biggest employer by far. . Built for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji) (CSR) by workers from India and the Solomon Islands between 1899 and 1903, it hires some 1,300 employees t
Description. Levuka Historical Port Town. Eastern Division. 17°41′02″S 178°50′24″E / 17.684014°S 178.840127°E / -17.684014; 178.840127 (Levuka Historical Port Town) Cultural (ii) (iv) 2013. The town and its low line of buildings set among coconut and mango trees along the beach front was the first colonial capital of ...