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12 May 1840: United States Exploring Expedition commander, Wilkes summons Tanoa to Levuka
1840 – 1843: three dark years in Fiji for Wesleyan Methodist, Thomas Williams made few converts
1849: first-contact missionary Thomas Williams was ignorant of Fijian custom, and competitive pressures faced by Tuikilakila of Somosomo
1859: Tanna people kill plantation owner, Norman, of Sandhurst, Victoria, enroute from Levuka to Norman’s plantation at Nasavusavu: Jimmie Lasulasu survives
1871: German firm of Godeffroy and Son – arms traders: supplying arms and ammunition to the Pacific from own arsenal at Liege
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20 July 1871: Hennings, Sagar and Woods create Fiji “Government”, at Levuka, fund private army; drill 29 Fijians to fight “Ba mountaineeers”
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Fiji soldiers drill c. 1872. Perhaps at Levuka. No source data.
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20 July 1871: Hennings, Sagar and Woods create Fiji “Government”, at Levuka, fund private army; drill 29 Fijians to fight “Ba mountaineeers”
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