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First settled about 1500 B.C.; firstr missionaries arrived 1830. In 1865 Confederation of Fijian Chiefs formed.
1874-1970 British colony; 1970 independence. Historic spelling alternatives : Feejee Islands, Feyjee Islands, Fidji Timetable : Fiji Students' Papers : Lee, Si-eun : History of Indian and Chinese Coolies and their Descendants (2008) |
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| E x t e r n a l . F i l e s |
| Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
| Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
| Biography | Others |
| D o c u m e n t s |
| Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook, from Index Mundi Jane's Fiji Home Page |
| Links | General |
from dmoz Category : Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Organizations |
Pacific History Association Pacific Islands Museums and Cultural Institutions Association (PIMA) New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Pacific Islands Interest Group Pacific Islands Study Circle (Philately) |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Archaeopedia New Zealand |
| Timelines |
Timeline, from BBC News |
| Accounts of History | Modern |
Article : History of Fiji, from Wikipedia Fiji History, from appf.org (focus on modern, parliamentary history) |
| Historical |
Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, A History of Fiji (1915), from
Worldwide School M. Russell, Polynesia: a history of the South Sea islands, including New Zealand ; with narrative of the introduction of christianity, 1852, GB |
| Specific Periods |
Article : Fiji during the Time of Cakobau,
Colonial Fiji,
Modern History of Fiji,
1977 Fijian Constitutional Crisis,
1987 Fijian Coups d'Etat,
2000 Fijian Coup d'Etat, from Wikipedia |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Web : Fiji Governments on the WWW : Fiji; Article Politics of Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Military |
Wars of Fiji 1800-1999, from ACED Category : Wars involving Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Economy & Finances |
Article Economy of Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Fiji (10), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Fiji Islands |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Fiji, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Local History |
| Institutions |
Fiji, from Airline History Structurae : Fiji |
| Biographies |
| Others |
Finding Fiji, from South Pacific Organizer Oceania Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Fiji by Ben Cahoon |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Chinese Ambassadors to Fiji, from PRC MOFA List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Fiji, from Wikipedia |
| Lists of Consuls |
Polityical Graveyard : Fiji, has incomplete list of U.S. consuls |
| Lists of Bishops |
Article : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva,
from Wikipedia |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Fiji, from Population Statistics,
by Jan Lahmeyer |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Search Papers Past
(New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Search Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006) Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 Life Magazine 1936-1972, GB, 112 entries for Fiji World History Archives : Melanesia |
| Modern Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons License Plates, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Images of Fiji, from Pacific Picture Agency Airline Timetable Images : Fiji |
| Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK),
Archives New Zealand,
State Records Authority of New South Wales for Fiji |
| Constitutions, Laws |
| Treaties |
Commercial Relations made by the Principal Chiefs of the Feejee Islands, 1840, pp.54-56 in vol.33 of British and foreign state papers
1844-1845, 1859, GB Correspondence Relative to the Offer of the Sovereignty of the Fiji Islands to Great Britain, 1858-1861, pp.74-107 in vol.53 of British and foreign state papers, 1862-1863, 1868, GB List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Fiji, from ILO, 23 docs. since 1974 Fiji Islands, pp.683-687 in vol.7 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1971, GB |
| Consular Reports |
Pacific : Feejee Islands, pp.394-396 in vol.3 of E. Flagg,
Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations, 1857, GB Reports from Her Majesty's consuls on the manufactures, commerce ... vol.6 Feejee Islands, pp.365-370, in 1868, 1868, GB |
| Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
Map of American Polynesia 1859, also featuring the Fiji Islands, from
Perry Castaneda Library,
at UTexas, legend in German Oceania Maps, from Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UTexas; scroll down for Fiji |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Tonga, from the EB 1911 |
| Religious |
The Feejee Islands, pp.283-288 in C.F. Blumhardt, Christian missions:
or a manual of missionary geography and history, 1799, GB Article Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914 edition |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Feejee Islands, p.687 in vol.2 of
A system of geography, 1807, GB Feyjee Islands, p.623 in C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1822, GB Fidji Islands, p.164 in vol.3 of H. Murray et al., The encyclopaedia of geography, 1837, GB Feejee Islands, pp.912-941 in A.G. Findlay, A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, 1851, GB |
| Ethnological |
Papu delle Isole Viti, ou Fidgi, pp.357-358 in G.B. Pigna,
Delle Razze Umane, 1857, in Italian, GB |
| Historical |
Archipel de Viti ou Fidgi, pp.279-301 in vol.2 of G.L.D. de Rienzi,
L'Univers: histoire et description de tous les peuples, 1837, in French, GB |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
W. Lawry, E. Hoole, Friendly and Feejee islands: a missionary visit, 1850, GB E. Hoole, A second missionary visit to the Friendly and Feejee islands, 1851, GB |
| Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
National Archives, Fiji |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flags of the United Tribes of Fiji (1865ff), from FOTW;
Flag of the British Fiji Islands, from FOTW;
Modern Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry National Anthem, from National Anthems; from David's National Anthem Reference Page |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Fiji, from World Currency Museum; from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money;
from Balson Holdings Family Trust Collection, posted at Fiji Bure; includes coins |
| Stamps |
Rare Fiji Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Fiji Stamps 1870-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies |
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
(Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Brunei (site in German, most titles listed in English;
hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) RHS Bibliography |
| Online Libraries | General |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) |
| Online Journals | On Oceania |
Journal of the Polynesian Society 1892-1991 |
| Historiography |
Article : Pacific Islands Historiography, by K.R. Howe, pp.685-687, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
| General Accounts | On Oceania |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.25, pp.264-266 Article Pacific Islands : Fiji. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.25 |
| On Fiji |
Ravinder K. Thiara, Indian indentured workers in Mauritius, Natal and Fiji, pp.63-68
in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c Article Fiji, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp. 638-639 (on events of 1912) [G] Article : Fiji, in : Americana Annual 1973 p.294 (on events of 1972) [G] |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Robert D. Craig and Franklin P. King, Historical Dictionary of Oceania, Westport CT : Greenwood 1981 [G] |
| Historical Atlas |
Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific,
London : Penguin 1998, 120 pp. [G] |
| Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
