May 14, 1879: Leonidas docked in Levuka carrying 522 indentured Indian workers from Calcutta

Leonidas with Captain McLachlan on board, sailing from Calcutta (now called Kolkata) on March 3 (1879). The ship Leonidas arrived in Levuka, and the First group of indentured labourers had arrived from Calcutta.

1801: Oliver Slater opens sandalwood in western Vanua Levu

 1801: Oliver Slater told of the sandalwood in western Vanua Levu in 1801, and for the next thirteen years traders shipped this product to Port Jackson in Australia.
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