#FijianHistory

[fijiantransplant]

Nadi Town 1975 - my hometown. I love those vintage shop signs and the cool cats in sarees. Source: Na Noda Vanua o Viti / R Carlos FB page

[lazybluebirdchild]

Visited the Fiji Museum 🇫🇯 after closing for renovations for about 2 years I think

[omniatlas]

Australasia 143 years ago today: British Western Pacific Territories (13 August 1877) https://buff.ly/2EgCAUr In 1871 Cakobau united Fiji and proclaimed himself king. However, growing debt and continued social unrest persuaded the new king to cede his island kingdom to the British just three years later. To better administer their expanding holdings in the region, the British used Fiji as a base from which to form their Western Pacific Territories in 1877. #1870s #1877 #19thcentury #august #august13 #australasia #australianhistory #cartographic #cartography #fiji #fijianhistory #heritage #historia #historian #historic #historicalatlas #historicalmaps #histories #historybuff #historydegree #historyteacher #maps #newzealandhistory #teachinghistory #tonga #britishempire #victorian #victorianera #todayinhistory #thisdayinhistory (at Suva, Fiji) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD0pqVFAyYi/?igshid=1rwjcuhfbc9p7

[joneviti]

Respect

[omniatlas]

NEW MAP: Australasia 1855: Tongan Intervention in Fiji (01 Sep 1855) https://buff.ly/2zKnMbg In the early 1840s war broke out in Fiji between Cakobau, the paramount Fijian chief and ruler of Bau, and a coalition led by the Confederation of Rewa. After Rewa badly defeated Bau at Kaba in 1853, Cakobau converted to Christianity and requested the aid of George Tupou, the Christian ruler of Tonga. The Tongans arrived in 1855, easily capturing Kaba and forcing Rewa to submit to Cakobau. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1850s #1855 #australia #australianhistory #fiji #fijianhistory #newzealandhistory #cakobau #georgetupou #september #september1 #tonganhistory #tonga #britishempire #maps #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #newmap #polynesianhistory #polynesia #pacifichistory #pasifika #southpacific #worldhistory (at Bau (island)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqEUkKpgAAV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jv4wd9eewrir

[omniatlas]

NEW MAP: Australasia 1865: Fijian Confederacy (08 May 1865) https://buff.ly/2PTsRIx Facing political instability, rising Tongan influence, and debt, Cakobau, ruler of Bau and the paramount Fijian chief, attempted to cede Fiji to Britain in 1858 in return for recognition of his position, but was rejected by the Colonial Office. Instead the British Consul encouraged the Fijian chiefs to unite as a confederacy in 1865. Mildly successful at first, the Fijian Confederacy collapsed within two years due to opposition from the powerful Tongan prince Ma‘afu. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1860s #1865 #aboriginalaustralians #colonialism #australianhistory #pacifichistory #fiji #polynesianhistory #maori #may #may8 #victorianera #newzealandhistory #britishempire #fijianhistory #tonganhistory #melanesia #maps #newmap #kingdomoftonga #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #pasifika #polynesia (at Levuka, Eastern, Fiji) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6DN95gPvI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uor0ff5aee3q

[omniatlas]

NEW MAP: Australasia 1877: British Western Pacific Territories (13 Aug 1877) https://buff.ly/2EgCAUr In 1871 Cakobau united Fiji and proclaimed himself king. However, growing debt and continued social unrest persuaded the new king to cede his island kingdom to the British just three years later. To better administer their expanding holdings in the region, the British used Fiji as a base from which to form their Western Pacific Territories in 1877. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1870s #1877 #aboriginalaustralians #americansamoa #august #august13 #australia #australianhistory #britishwesternpacific #fiji #maori #newzealand #newzealandhistory #northernterritory #samoa #southaustralia #tonga #unitedkingdom #britishempire #westernpacific #westernaustralia #maps #fijianhistory #pacifichistory #polynesia #newmap (at Suva, Fiji) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoyIbOtgNc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nc6idtoxxk40