“The rise of the islet of Bau as the pre-eminent state in pre-colonial Fiji was due mainly to the projection of its Sea Power through its sea warriors – the Lasakau and Soso Kai Wai. As quoted by Deryck Scarr …“for Bau relied on levying… and power projected at sea by the Lasakau and Soso [...]
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‘Towards the end of the 1790s a new influence came to Tonga in the form of permanent European residents. The first of these were convicts who had escaped from the British Colony of NSW, which had been established on the east coast of Australia by the British government primarily as a punishment for criminals. In [...]
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In June 1838 a large canoe provided by Taufa’ahau of Ha’apai, the future king of all Tonga, brought to Lakeba six more teachers to serve the Fiji mission: Joeli Pulu (spelt Bulu in Fijian), Sailosi Fa’one, Siuliasi Naulivou, Uesile Langi, Selemaia Latu and Semisi Havea. Guided by Cargill, they acquired the dialect of Lau. Long [...]
Filed under: 1838, Beachcomber, Cakobau, Joeli BULU, John Hunt, Josua MATEINANIU, LATU, Selemaia, Peter Dillon, Sailosi FA'ONE, Semisi HAVAE, Seru, Siuliasi NAULIVOU, Taufa’ahau, Tonga, Tongan Leadership, Tui Dreketi, Uesile LANGI, William GROSS | Tagged: Beachcomber, Cakobau, Filed under: 1838, Joeli BULU, John Hunt, Josua MATEINANIU, LATU, Selemaia, Peter Dillon, Sailosi FA'ONE, Semisi HAVAE, Seru, Siuliasi NAULIVOU, Taufa’ahau, Tonga, Tongan Leadership, Tui Dreketi, Uesile LANGI, William GROSS | Leave a Comment »
