1869: Tannese kill Levuka plantation owner, Norman, of Sandhurst, Victoria, enroute from Levuka to Norman’s plantation at Nasavusavu: Jimmie Lasulasu survives

Posted on August 16, 2008 by levuka

The Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4070, 7 September 1870, Page 3  reported Levuka trader Mr, Norman, well known in Sandhurst, Victoria, was murdered, and his body cooked after a group of 22 unnammed Tannese took over Normans boat taking them from Levuka to Norman’s plantation, and  wanted to go back home
‘Colleen Bawn,’ at [...]

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1869: The Fiji Times began publication

Posted on September 30, 2007 by levuka

1869: The Fiji Times began publication at this point in time from an office in Levuka

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