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First settled between 1500 and 1000 B.C.; first contact with Europeans in 1616. In western sources, far into
the 19th century, Tonga was referred to as the Friendly Islands. At the time of the "discovery" by
Europeans politically fragmented, Tonga was united in 1845. British protectorate established in 1900;
independence declared in 1970. Timeline : Tonga |
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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,
Countries : Tonga from Index Mundi Jane's Tonga Home Page |
| Links | General |
from dmoz Category : Tonga, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of Tonga, 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 |
Article : History of Tonga, from Wikipedia Tonga - a short pre-history, How Tonga became 'The Land Where Time Begins', from Tonga on the Net M. Russell, Polynesia: a history of the South Sea islands, including New Zealand ; with narrative of the introduction of christianity, 1852, GB |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Web : Tonga Governments on the WWW : Tonga; Article Politics of Tonga, from Wikipedia |
| Military |
Category : Wars involving Tonga, from Wikipedia |
| Economy & Finances |
Article Economy of Tonga, from Wikipedia |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Tonga (3), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Tonga W. Mariner, An account of the natives of the Tonga islands in the South Pacific Ocean with an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language, vol.1, 1817, vol.2, 1817, GB |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Tonga, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Tonga, from Wikipedia |
| Local History |
| Institutions |
Tonga, from Airline History Structurae : Tonga |
| Biographies |
| Others |
Finding Tonga, from South Pacific Organizer Oceania Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Tonga by Ben Cahoon |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Chinese Ambassadors to Tonga, from PRC MOFA |
| Lists of Consuls |
Polityical Graveyard : Tonga, has incomplete list of U.S. consuls |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Tonga, 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 World History Archives : Polynesia; look under Tonga Life Magazine 1936-1972, GB, 10 entries for Tonga |
| Modern Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates of the World Images of Tonga, from Pacific Picture Agency Airline Timetable Images : Tonga |
| Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK),
Archives New Zealand for Toga, Tonga |
| Constitutions, Laws |
| Treaties |
| Consular Reports |
Pacific : Friendly Islands, pp.393-394 in vol.3 of E. Flagg,
Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations, 1857, GB |
| Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
Oceania Maps, from Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UTexas; scroll down for Tonga |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Tonga, from the EB 1911 |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Friendly Islands, pp.682-687 in vol.2 of
A system of geography, 1807, GB Friendly Islands, pp.623-628 in C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1822, GB Friendly Islands, pp.163-164 in vol.3 of H. Murray et al., The encyclop©Ądia of geography, 1837, GB Tonga, or Friendly Islands, pp.806-820 in A.G. Findlay, A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, 1851, GB |
| Historical |
Archipel de Tonga, pp.24-123 in vol.2 of G.L.D. de Rienzi,
L'Univers: histoire et description de tous les peuples, 1837, in French, GB Friendly Islands, p.417 in vol.2 of S. Maunder, The history of the world, 1856, 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 |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
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 Tonga, from World Currency Museum; from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money |
| Stamps |
Rare Tonga Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Tonga Stamps 1892-1919, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
| 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.266-269
Article Pacific Islands : New Caledonia. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.25 |
| On Tonga |
| 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] |
