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FIJI One Land - Two Peoples; EARLY TRADERS; BRITISH ADMINISTRATION; INDENTURED LABOUR; THE PICTURE TODAY; TWO SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION; THE INDIANS OF FIJI - (Te Ao Hou - No 3. Summer 1953)
- Date
- Summer 1953
- By
- Maori Affairs DepartmentMaori Affairs Department
- Publisher
- Te Ao Hou
- Description
In the early part of last century, the Fiji Islands were visited by traders looking for sandalwood. They were an undesirable type, and sold rum and fire-arms to the Fijians to help them in their tribal wars. Aided by the white man's muskets and the warriors of King George the First of Tonga, one chief, Thakombau, became the most powerful, and in 18...
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- Crown copyright
- Source
- Te Ao Hou - No 3. (Summer 1953)
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