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"According to Fijian legend, the great chief Lutunasobasoba led his people across the seas to the new land of Fiji."
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On accident Europeans discovered the Fiji group.
The first of these discoveries were made by the Dutch explorer in 1643. His name was Abel Tasman an English navigator. -
Captain James Cook sailed through Fiji in 1774, and made further exploration in the 18th century.
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A lot of the credit for discovering the Island went to Captain William Bligh who sailed through Fiji in 1789
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Canabalism was practiced in Fiji but When Ratu Seru Cakobau ( their leader) accepted Christianity in 1854, the rest of the country soon followed and tribal warfare came to an end.
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Fiji became very attractive to people because of the belief that the British were going to tame it.
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By 1870 the European population numbered more than 2000
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"In 1871 the Cakobau government was established at the old whaling port of Levuka."
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"On 10 October 1874 the deed of cession was signed in Nasova, near Levuka. Fiji had become a crown colony."
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In 1879 Fijians were ndentured labourers to work in the sugar plantations.
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'On 14 May 1879 the era of the Indian in Fiji began."
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The first Europeans to like among the Fijians were shipwrecked sailors, convicts, and missionaries in the 19th century.
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The indentured system was abolished so many fijians made independant farms and farmed their own suger and vegitables.
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"As the country now diversifies into small scale industries, the economy is strengthened and revenues provide for expanded public works, medical services and education."
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"Today, Fiji plays a major role in regional affairs and is recognized as the focal point of the South Pacific."