Pockets of genes in the Pacific
Genetic links in the Pacific
Posted on May 4, 2009 by levuka
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- 12 May 1840: United States Exploring Expedition commander, Wilkes summons Tanoa to Levuka
- 1840 – 1843: three dark years in Fiji for Wesleyan Methodist, Thomas Williams made few converts
- 1849: first-contact missionary Thomas Williams was ignorant of Fijian custom, and competitive pressures faced by Tuikilakila of Somosomo
- 1859: Tanna people kill plantation owner, Norman, of Sandhurst, Victoria, enroute from Levuka to Norman’s plantation at Nasavusavu: Jimmie Lasulasu survives
- 1871: German firm of Godeffroy and Son – arms traders: supplying arms and ammunition to the Pacific from own arsenal at Liege
- This site aims to provide a Levuka timeline structure for the period 1700 – 1880
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- Decrees by Commander in Chief of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces
- Fiji Daily Hansard
- Fiji Museum photos – now updated with new Levuka images
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- Levuka Heritage Plan
- Open news source about current Fiji affairs
- Site under control of new Tui Viti
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- 1869: Suez Canal aided European influence in Pacific: new era of European influence: journey from Asia to Europe reduced by 6,500 km
- 1865: Birth of BLAKELOCK James Thursfield -1865
- 94 per cent of Polynesian mtDNAs are of East Asian origin and only 6 per cent are of Melanesian origin
- Polynesian peoples are genetic outliers with no close relatives outside of their territorial homelands
- Genetic links in the Pacific
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- 1869: Tannese kill Levuka plantation owner, Norman, of Sandhurst, Victoria, enroute from Levuka to Norman’s plantation at Nasavusavu: Jimmie Lasulasu survives
- 94 per cent of Polynesian mtDNAs are of East Asian origin and only 6 per cent are of Melanesian origin
- 1871: German firm of Godeffroy and Son - arms traders: supplying arms and ammunition to the Pacific from own arsenal at Liege
- 1864: Blackbirders arrive in Fiji
- Polynesian peoples are genetic outliers with no close relatives outside of their territorial homelands
- 1875: Measles killed over 40,000 in Fiji
- 1874: Fiji ceded to Great Britain after a meeting of the first Great Council of Chiefs
- 1875 in Melbourne: 1851, the entire colony had 77,345 inhabitants. Then gold was found, and population grew to 800,000
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- May 1840: Fijian hair dos and tattoos
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