1886: Levuka five generations of gene-mix; but work racially divided: 430 Europeans, and around 1000 “half-caste FIjians, Samoans, Botu Muliana, and other Polynesians”

“The population of Levuka may be estimated at about 430 Europeans, or persons of European extraction, while the settled population of half-caste FIjians, Samoans, Rotu, Muliana,  and other Polynesians, is about double as many more. Samoan sex-workers: They are of the same mixed nationality as may be observed in Suva, but a special feature is [...]

1886: copra and sugar in Levuka and Fiji

“Levuka …commands quite a respect able proportion of the commerceof the group, including that of tho whole of tho extensive islands of Vauna, Levu, and Tavinui, besides that of ‘Loma Loma, and the whole of the windward and central group, and of the northern coast of Viti Levu itself. This includes the sugar estates of: [...]

1886 Levuka a peaceable and orderly community; recollections of David Whippy

“Contrary to Suva, which is entirely the growth of the last five years, Levuka possesses some claims to antiquity, and has a history of its own, the first settlement by whites here dating back nearly 50 years. The first settlers on Ovalau were, however, a very rough lot, being composed mostly of runaway sailors from [...]

1886: Levuka Harbour and Beach-street, lovely views of blue ocean, coral reefs ‘no pen can properly describe thelr beauty”

“The view of Levuka from  the  harbour, in contradiction to that of Suva, is most picturesque and romantic, besides being thoroughly tropical. Nestling  under the wooded heights of the mountainous island, the town occupies quite a narrow strip of land on the seashore, with an easterly aspect. The principal street, Beach Street, which contains nearly [...]

1886: Captain Kaad in NSW on the MIDGE, with crew of five

Mariners and ships in Australian Waters MIDGE OF LEVUKA, C. KAAD, MASTER, BURTHEN 40 TONS FROM THE PORT OF LINE ? TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 20TH APRIL, 1886 Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments KAAD C. CAPTAIN CREW PETERSEN J. MATE 28 SWEDEN CREW SAVAGE JOHN COOK & STEWARD 26 [...]