1839-1831: Tahitian teachers reached Lakeba in 1830 - Taharaa from Papara, Faaruea and Hatai from Moorea, all unmarried

1830: The Tahitian teachers, after being detained on Tongatapu for some time by Aleamotu’a, reached Lakeba in 1830 - Taharaa from Papara, Faaruea and Hatai from Moorea, all unmarried. Tui Nayau proved to be less ready to receive Christianity than had been expected.
1832: In 1832 they moved to Oneata; south of Lakeba, where they succeeded [...]

1825: First missionary presence in Fiji

Shipping and trade brought Fiji under public notice in England. Missionaries had been at work in the Pacific since the closing years of the eighteenth century, it was not till 1825 that any steps were taken to begin work in Fiji. Two Tahitian teachers of the London Missionary Society, Hanea and Atai by name, reached [...]

How the Fiji beche-de-mer trade cycle made millionaires

(In April 1830 ) the Clay (259 tons) of Salem arrived. during the ‘forties, the (beche-de-mer) trade was at its height, and a number of ships from New England ports made regular voyages.

August, 1830, the whaler Faun, a Salem brig of 168 tons wrecked at Waikava, Cakandrove

In August, 1830, the whaler Faun, a Salem brig of 168 tons, was at Waikava, Cakandrove; and in attempting to leave the anchorage she missed stays while in the passage, drifted on to a horn of the reef, and became a total wreck. good weather made the wreck highly profitable to the Waikava natives, for [...]

1827: Dumont d’Urville brought the Austrolabe through the passage between Ogea and Vatoa

In 1827 the French commander Dumont d’Urville brought the Austrolabe through the passage between Ogea and Vatoa, and sailed on the deep water of the Koro Sea until he was abreast of Laucala and Taveuni.
Anchored off Nukulau Island, at the mouth of the Rewa: Here, like Tasman and Wilson before him, he found the [...]