This is a personal compendium of websites related to Fiji and Fijian culture that I have found useful. The focus is primarily anthropological, social and historical, relating to the culture and society of Fiji, and to those services and resources that may be of use to researchers.
Note: This list does not normally include commercial sites or business addresses, unless I have found them useful to my research, so please do not request listing here. Other personal and/or informational sites are normally listed by reciprocal arrangement - contact me.
OTHER PACIFIC WEBSITES
SEE: http://www.justpacific.com/pacific/pacificwebsites.html
FIJI CULTURE: ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY
Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) sung by students of Adi Cakobau School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhJnISIMWs Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) (Fijian words) A new flag for Fiji http://www.newfijiflag.com A look at Fiji History and Culture http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa081501a.htm Canoes: Fijian Voyaging Canoes (nice little personal site by Wayne Sanday) http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/axiom/ Deed of Cession of Fiji to Great Britain http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/Deed of Cession.html Diary of a Peace Corps volunteer beekeeper in Ra, Fiji http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/peace.htm English to Fijian & Fijian to English Translation services (This is a commercial site that charges for its services. I have never used it and cannot vouch for it but I do not know of any comparable site for non-Fijian speakers to access, hence its inclusion here). http://www.alltranslationservices.com/fijiantranslationservices.html Ethnologue Language Database: Fiji http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Fiji Fijian art research project (Sainsbury Research Centre and CUMAA) http://fijianart.sru.uea.ac.uk/index.php Fijian barkcloth (masi) http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm Fijian culture and tradition (Government site) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/history_culture.shtml Fijian language as fun I would recommend Prof. Paul Geraghty's engaging and surprisingly thorough little book "Say Bula!" which could be bought from Tappoo stores in Fiji, direct or by emailing http://www.tappoo.com.fj/index.php/contacts-us Fijian language learn online This is included here not for its quality but because I have not found any other online program. The blogger warns that he has no training as either a teacher or a linguist, not a very promising introduction. http://learntospeakfijian.weebly.com/ Fijian-English Online Dictionary Free download Fijian-English wordlist (NOTE: This list of words has no explanation of the peculiar Fijian spelling system or pronunciation - use with caution) http://learntospeakfijian.weebly.com/massive-word-list.html. Before logging in to this, it would be advisable to check on spelling and pronunciation at http://fijimarinas.com/a-quick-guide-to-the-fijian-language/ Fiji Girmit (informative site celebrating 125 years since first indentured labour arrived from India) http://www.fijigirmit.org/ Fiji iTaukei Lands Trust Board http://www.tltb.com.fj/ Fiji Museum (the Museum seems to have closed its own site. It does maintain a FaceBook page) : https://www.facebook.com/fijimuseum/ Fiji Myths and Oral Traditions (UNESCO Bibliography) http://www.upei.ca/~meincke/fijimyth.htm Fiji School of Medicine celebrating 125 years http://pacifichealthdialog.org.fj/index_option_com_content_view_article_id_89_Itemid_63.html Fiji's chiefs and rulers: 1700s to present http://www.fijibure.com/rulers.htm Fiji's Heads of State 1871-present http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fijian_Heads_of_State Fiji's rulers from c.1800 http://rulers.org/rulf.html Fiji's treasured culture (many images from the collections of Museum Victoria and the Fiji Museum) http://www.museumvictoria.com.au/fiji/ Namena Marine Reserve and Waitabu Marine Park http://www.namena.org and http://www.waitabu.org Nature Fiji (Mareqeti) Newsletters) http://www.naturefiji.org/newsletters.php?page=1 PAMBU (Pacific Media Bureau) Recordings of interviews with Fiji notables (Index only, not downloadable, ordering info. on list) http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/audio.html Pacific Health Voices (electronic health journal at the Fiji School of Medicine) http://www.pacifichealthvoices.org/ RFMF (Royal Fiji Military Forces) Website http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/ Safari the Globe Cultural Information: Fiji (sections on culture & identity, history etc.) http://www.safaritheglobe.com/fiji/ Semiotic Review (of Books) http://www.semioticreview.com South Australian Museum Fiji Collection, Database illustrated & annotated by Rod Ewins http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/sam/index.html University of the South Pacific Book Centre http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) sung by students of Adi Cakobau School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhJnISIMWs
Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) (Fijian words)
A new flag for Fiji http://www.newfijiflag.com
A look at Fiji History and Culture http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa081501a.htm
Canoes: Fijian Voyaging Canoes (nice little personal site by Wayne Sanday) http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/axiom/
Deed of Cession of Fiji to Great Britain http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/Deed of Cession.html
Diary of a Peace Corps volunteer beekeeper in Ra, Fiji http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/peace.htm
English to Fijian & Fijian to English Translation services (This is a commercial site that charges for its services. I have never used it and cannot vouch for it but I do not know of any comparable site for non-Fijian speakers to access, hence its inclusion here). http://www.alltranslationservices.com/fijiantranslationservices.html
Ethnologue Language Database: Fiji http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Fiji
Fijian art research project (Sainsbury Research Centre and CUMAA) http://fijianart.sru.uea.ac.uk/index.php
Fijian barkcloth (masi) http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm
Fijian culture and tradition (Government site) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/history_culture.shtml
Fijian language as fun I would recommend Prof. Paul Geraghty's engaging and surprisingly thorough little book "Say Bula!" which could be bought from Tappoo stores in Fiji, direct or by emailing http://www.tappoo.com.fj/index.php/contacts-us
Fijian language learn online This is included here not for its quality but because I have not found any other online program. The blogger warns that he has no training as either a teacher or a linguist, not a very promising introduction. http://learntospeakfijian.weebly.com/
Fijian-English Online Dictionary Free download
Fijian-English wordlist (NOTE: This list of words has no explanation of the peculiar Fijian spelling system or pronunciation - use with caution) http://learntospeakfijian.weebly.com/massive-word-list.html. Before logging in to this, it would be advisable to check on spelling and pronunciation at http://fijimarinas.com/a-quick-guide-to-the-fijian-language/
Fiji Girmit (informative site celebrating 125 years since first indentured labour arrived from India) http://www.fijigirmit.org/
Fiji iTaukei Lands Trust Board http://www.tltb.com.fj/
Fiji Museum (the Museum seems to have closed its own site. It does maintain a FaceBook page) : https://www.facebook.com/fijimuseum/
Fiji Myths and Oral Traditions (UNESCO Bibliography) http://www.upei.ca/~meincke/fijimyth.htm
Fiji School of Medicine celebrating 125 years http://pacifichealthdialog.org.fj/index_option_com_content_view_article_id_89_Itemid_63.html
Fiji's chiefs and rulers: 1700s to present http://www.fijibure.com/rulers.htm
Fiji's Heads of State 1871-present http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fijian_Heads_of_State
Fiji's rulers from c.1800 http://rulers.org/rulf.html
Fiji's treasured culture (many images from the collections of Museum Victoria and the Fiji Museum) http://www.museumvictoria.com.au/fiji/
Namena Marine Reserve and Waitabu Marine Park http://www.namena.org and http://www.waitabu.org
Nature Fiji (Mareqeti) Newsletters) http://www.naturefiji.org/newsletters.php?page=1
PAMBU (Pacific Media Bureau) Recordings of interviews with Fiji notables (Index only, not downloadable, ordering info. on list) http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/audio.html
Pacific Health Voices (electronic health journal at the Fiji School of Medicine) http://www.pacifichealthvoices.org/
RFMF (Royal Fiji Military Forces) Website http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/
Safari the Globe Cultural Information: Fiji (sections on culture & identity, history etc.) http://www.safaritheglobe.com/fiji/
Semiotic Review (of Books) http://www.semioticreview.com
South Australian Museum Fiji Collection, Database illustrated & annotated by Rod Ewins http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/sam/index.html
University of the South Pacific Book Centre http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
FIJI ECONOMICS, TRADE & FINANCE
Fiji Islands Statistics Bureau http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj ELDIS Fiji Trade and Finance (full-text articles) http://www.eldis.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe?QB0=AND&QF0=GEOG&QI0=Fiji&MR=20&TN=country&DF=trade&RF=trade&DL=0&RL=0&NP=3&MF=eldismsg.ini&AC=QBE_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe&BU=http%3A//www.eldis.org/search.htm MBendi Information Services Fiji summary http://www.mbendi.com/land/au/fj/index.htm Shopify Business Encyclopaedia https://www.shopify.com/encyclopedia UNICEF Social Indicators http://www.unicef.org/pon97/stat1.htm US Department of State. Country commercial guide: Fiji http://www.export.gov/ccg/fiji090773.asp
Fiji Islands Statistics Bureau http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj
ELDIS Fiji Trade and Finance (full-text articles) http://www.eldis.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe?QB0=AND&QF0=GEOG&QI0=Fiji&MR=20&TN=country&DF=trade&RF=trade&DL=0&RL=0&NP=3&MF=eldismsg.ini&AC=QBE_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe&BU=http%3A//www.eldis.org/search.htm
MBendi Information Services Fiji summary http://www.mbendi.com/land/au/fj/index.htm
Shopify Business Encyclopaedia https://www.shopify.com/encyclopedia
UNICEF Social Indicators http://www.unicef.org/pon97/stat1.htm
US Department of State. Country commercial guide: Fiji http://www.export.gov/ccg/fiji090773.asp
FIJI EMPLOYMENT
Splash Fiji (free recruitment and jobseekers' website exclusive to the Fijian market) http://splashfiji.com/default.aspx
FIJI POLITICS & CURRENT EVENTS
Constitution of Fiji: Full text http://wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Fiji_Islands Articles on the seventeen chapters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Fiji Coups, conflict & confusion: the abrogation of the Constitution and the arrogation of land in Fiji http://www.usp.ac.fj/landmgmt/publications.htm Ethnicity & Development: The Case of Fiji [Ralph Premdas 1993] http://www.unrisd.org/engindex/pub/list/dp/dp46/toc.htm#TopOfPage Fiji Military History and Institutions http://www.regiments.org/milhist/pacific/fiji.htm Fiji Political Parties: Most if not all of the political parties allowed their websites to lapse following the 2001 elections. However, there is information on the parties at several sites, including Electionworld.org and Wikipedia.org Fiji Women's Crisis Centre http://fijiwomen.com/ Mission of the Fiji Islands to the United Nations http://www.fijiprun.org/index.php Pacific Islands Report: past analysis 2004-2015. PIDP, Honolulu. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport//analysis.htm Report to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw26/fji1.pdf and http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw26/ConComFiji.pdf Republic of Fiji (by Michael R. Ogden) http://www.hi.edu/~ogden/piir/pacific/fiji.html SCHEMA-ROOT Encyclopedia of Current Events (cross-referenced news and research resource on Fiji) http://schema-root.org/region/oceania/fiji/ US State Department Report on Human Rights in Fiji in 2007 (released 12th March 2008) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100520.htm
Constitution of Fiji: Full text http://wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Fiji_Islands Articles on the seventeen chapters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Fiji
Coups, conflict & confusion: the abrogation of the Constitution and the arrogation of land in Fiji http://www.usp.ac.fj/landmgmt/publications.htm
Ethnicity & Development: The Case of Fiji [Ralph Premdas 1993] http://www.unrisd.org/engindex/pub/list/dp/dp46/toc.htm#TopOfPage
Fiji Military History and Institutions http://www.regiments.org/milhist/pacific/fiji.htm
Fiji Political Parties: Most if not all of the political parties allowed their websites to lapse following the 2001 elections. However, there is information on the parties at several sites, including Electionworld.org and Wikipedia.org
Fiji Women's Crisis Centre http://fijiwomen.com/
Mission of the Fiji Islands to the United Nations http://www.fijiprun.org/index.php
Pacific Islands Report: past analysis 2004-2015. PIDP, Honolulu. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport//analysis.htm
Report to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw26/fji1.pdf and http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw26/ConComFiji.pdf
Republic of Fiji (by Michael R. Ogden) http://www.hi.edu/~ogden/piir/pacific/fiji.html
SCHEMA-ROOT Encyclopedia of Current Events (cross-referenced news and research resource on Fiji) http://schema-root.org/region/oceania/fiji/
US State Department Report on Human Rights in Fiji in 2007 (released 12th March 2008) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100520.htm
FIJI INFORMATION
About Fiji (Fiji Government portal) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/ Asian Development Bank Fiji publications http://www.adb.org/countries/fiji/main BBC Country Profile: Fiji http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14919067 Chiefs and Governors of Fiji before and after Cession, including the major pre-colonial vanua and confederacies: http://www.fijibure.com/rulers.htm CIA Factbook entry on Fiji: http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcfiji.htm Crested Iguana of Fiji (on list of threatened species) http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2965/0 Earthquake watch http://earthquaketrack.com eFijian Community newsletter, info, chatrooms, links http://www.efijian.com/ ELDIS Fiji country profile (full-text articles on Fiji - health, education, trade etc etc) http://www.eldis.org/go/home?Search_string=Fiji&go.x=21&go.y=16&search_country=0&search_topic_id=0&search_type=0#.VUQOUc7EPdk FAO Fiji Nutrition Profile www.fao.org/ag/agn/nutrition/fij_en.stm Fiji Amnesty International Report https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/fiji/ Fiji Embassies Page (information about Fijian embassies worldwide, visa requirements & application forms etc.) http://fiji.embassyhomepage.com/ Fiji Government Online Portal http://www.fiji.gov.fj/ Fiji Government Decrees http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=59&Itemid=165 Fiji Government Policies and Information http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=189 Fiji Issues and Events of 2002 (Mausio) http://166.122.164.43/archive/2003/September/09-29-tc2.htm Fiji e-Directory List of organisations and businesses http://www.fijilive.com/edirectory/ Fiji Facts/Maps index http://www.fiji.gov.fj/fijifacts/maps/ Fiji Islands Statistics Bureau http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/ Fiji Law Reform Commission http://www.lawreform.gov.fj/common/Default.aspx Fiji Law Society (President,: Dorsami Naidu) http://www.fls.org.fj Fiji Meterological Service and Cyclone Centre http://www.met.gov.fj/ Fiji Mineral Resources Department (a) Earthquake info: http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/seismo.html (b) Tsunami info: http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/geology/educate/tsunami.html Fiji Photos and Clip-art (subscription site, royalty-free) http://ahaclipart.com/ca/intr/intr0034.html Fiji Government Online http://www.fiji.gov.fj/ Fiji Parliament http://www.parliament.gov.fj/parliament/main/index.aspx Fiji People's Coalition Website http://www.pcgov.org.fj/ Fiji visa requirements & visa application forms etc. http://fiji.embassyhomepage.com/ Fiji Webcenter (useful links page) http://www.ivanetdesign.com/fijiweb/ HelloFiji search engine http://www.HelloFiji.com Historic Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/ Jane Resture's Fiji Homepage http://www.janeresture.com/fijihome/fiji.htm Jurisdictions Index for Fiji (Dan MacMeekin: legal documents etc.) http://www.macmeekin.com/Library/Jurisds/Fiji.htm OECD Indicators http://www1.oecd.org/dac/indicators/ Reserve Bank of Fiji http://reservebank.gov.fj/ Rotuma Website http://www.rotuma.net/ Royal Hotel Levuka (history) http://www.royallevuka.com/ South Pacific Organizer on Fiji http://www.southpacific.org/fiji.html TePuna NZ Web Directory of Fiji&Rotuma http://webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz/dir/en/pacific/regional/fiji/ UN Earthwatch statistics Fiji (land/sea areas, list of islands, demography, economics etc.) http://islands.unep.ch/CLQ.htm UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, 1974-1976 http://www.islandvulnerability.org/mabfiji.html U.S. Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook, Fiji (Update mar 8th 2008) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
About Fiji (Fiji Government portal) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/
Asian Development Bank Fiji publications http://www.adb.org/countries/fiji/main
BBC Country Profile: Fiji http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14919067
Chiefs and Governors of Fiji before and after Cession, including the major pre-colonial vanua and confederacies: http://www.fijibure.com/rulers.htm
CIA Factbook entry on Fiji: http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcfiji.htm
Crested Iguana of Fiji (on list of threatened species) http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2965/0
Earthquake watch http://earthquaketrack.com
eFijian Community newsletter, info, chatrooms, links http://www.efijian.com/
ELDIS Fiji country profile (full-text articles on Fiji - health, education, trade etc etc) http://www.eldis.org/go/home?Search_string=Fiji&go.x=21&go.y=16&search_country=0&search_topic_id=0&search_type=0#.VUQOUc7EPdk
FAO Fiji Nutrition Profile www.fao.org/ag/agn/nutrition/fij_en.stm
Fiji Amnesty International Report https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/fiji/
Fiji Embassies Page (information about Fijian embassies worldwide, visa requirements & application forms etc.) http://fiji.embassyhomepage.com/
Fiji Government Online Portal http://www.fiji.gov.fj/
Fiji Government Decrees http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=59&Itemid=165
Fiji Government Policies and Information http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=189
Fiji Issues and Events of 2002 (Mausio) http://166.122.164.43/archive/2003/September/09-29-tc2.htm
Fiji e-Directory List of organisations and businesses http://www.fijilive.com/edirectory/
Fiji Facts/Maps index http://www.fiji.gov.fj/fijifacts/maps/
Fiji Law Reform Commission http://www.lawreform.gov.fj/common/Default.aspx
Fiji Law Society (President,: Dorsami Naidu) http://www.fls.org.fj
Fiji Meterological Service and Cyclone Centre http://www.met.gov.fj/
Fiji Mineral Resources Department (a) Earthquake info: http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/seismo.html (b) Tsunami info: http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/geology/educate/tsunami.html
Fiji Photos and Clip-art (subscription site, royalty-free) http://ahaclipart.com/ca/intr/intr0034.html
Fiji Government Online http://www.fiji.gov.fj/
Fiji Parliament http://www.parliament.gov.fj/parliament/main/index.aspx
Fiji People's Coalition Website http://www.pcgov.org.fj/
Fiji visa requirements & visa application forms etc. http://fiji.embassyhomepage.com/
Fiji Webcenter (useful links page) http://www.ivanetdesign.com/fijiweb/
HelloFiji search engine http://www.HelloFiji.com
Historic Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/
Jane Resture's Fiji Homepage http://www.janeresture.com/fijihome/fiji.htm
Jurisdictions Index for Fiji (Dan MacMeekin: legal documents etc.) http://www.macmeekin.com/Library/Jurisds/Fiji.htm
OECD Indicators http://www1.oecd.org/dac/indicators/
Reserve Bank of Fiji http://reservebank.gov.fj/
Rotuma Website http://www.rotuma.net/
Royal Hotel Levuka (history) http://www.royallevuka.com/
South Pacific Organizer on Fiji http://www.southpacific.org/fiji.html
TePuna NZ Web Directory of Fiji&Rotuma http://webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz/dir/en/pacific/regional/fiji/
UN Earthwatch statistics Fiji (land/sea areas, list of islands, demography, economics etc.) http://islands.unep.ch/CLQ.htm
UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, 1974-1976 http://www.islandvulnerability.org/mabfiji.html
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook, Fiji (Update mar 8th 2008) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
FIJI MAPS & PICTURES
Downloadable Fiji Map, Rod Ewins (May be used, re-published, modified etc. subject to retention of © 2000 Rod Ewins label) http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijimap2000.doc Downloadable Fiji Map, ANU (Free Creative Commons use) http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/mapsonline/base-maps/fiji Fiji maps from the Dept of Lands & Surveys http://www.lands.gov.fj/ Fiji pictures (commercial tourist site, but some nice photos in a number of categories http://www.fiji.pictures-pacific.com/pictures.html Detailed map of Fiji (Government site - has enlargable section maps) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_787.shtml Lonely Planet Map of Fiji http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/pacific/fiji/ Map of Fiji (Government site - map is small but accurate, Rotuma inset) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/fiji_map.shtml Mapquest Fiji Map (map is small but accurate, Rotuma inset) http://atlas.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=fiji National Library of Australia - Fiji maps (over 200 area maps) http://www.nla.gov.au/map/ Omni Resources map http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/fiji.htm Rotuma maps http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/Contents.html
Downloadable Fiji Map, Rod Ewins (May be used, re-published, modified etc. subject to retention of © 2000 Rod Ewins label) http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijimap2000.doc
Downloadable Fiji Map, ANU (Free Creative Commons use) http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/mapsonline/base-maps/fiji
Fiji maps from the Dept of Lands & Surveys http://www.lands.gov.fj/
Fiji pictures (commercial tourist site, but some nice photos in a number of categories http://www.fiji.pictures-pacific.com/pictures.html
Detailed map of Fiji (Government site - has enlargable section maps) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_787.shtml
Lonely Planet Map of Fiji http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/pacific/fiji/
Map of Fiji (Government site - map is small but accurate, Rotuma inset) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/fiji_map.shtml
Mapquest Fiji Map (map is small but accurate, Rotuma inset) http://atlas.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=fiji
National Library of Australia - Fiji maps (over 200 area maps) http://www.nla.gov.au/map/
Omni Resources map http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/fiji.htm
Rotuma maps http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/Contents.html
FIJI NEWS & MAGAZINES
Abyznews http://www.abyznewslinks.com/fiji.htm Cafe Pacific (blog by David Robie — fair and balanced in my view) http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/ Fiji Daily Post http://www.fijidailypost.com/ Fijilive http://www.fijilive.net/ Fiji News (excellent site with links to current news headlines from a variety of sources) http://www.topix.net/world/fiji Fiji Sun Online News http://www.sun.com.fj/pages/news.htm Fiji Times Online http://www.fijitimes.com/ "Fiji the way it was, is and can be" (Crosbie Walsh blog — fair and balanced, in my view) http://www.crosbiew.blogspot.com/ Fiji Village http://www.fijivillage.com/ Fijian Studies: A Journal of Contemporary Fiji http://www.fijianstudies.org/ Island Press's Eco-compass http://www.islandpress.org/ Pacific People'sPartnership http://www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org/ The Fiji Village Online http://www.fijivillage.com/ Topix.net (good site, distils stuff from all over the world) http://www.topix.net/world/fiji Wansolwara Online (University of the South Pacific journalism training website) http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/about/index.html
Abyznews http://www.abyznewslinks.com/fiji.htm
Cafe Pacific (blog by David Robie — fair and balanced in my view) http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/
Fiji Daily Post http://www.fijidailypost.com/
Fijilive http://www.fijilive.net/
Fiji News (excellent site with links to current news headlines from a variety of sources) http://www.topix.net/world/fiji
Fiji Sun Online News http://www.sun.com.fj/pages/news.htm
Fiji Times Online http://www.fijitimes.com/
"Fiji the way it was, is and can be" (Crosbie Walsh blog — fair and balanced, in my view) http://www.crosbiew.blogspot.com/
Fiji Village http://www.fijivillage.com/
Fijian Studies: A Journal of Contemporary Fiji http://www.fijianstudies.org/
Island Press's Eco-compass http://www.islandpress.org/
Pacific People'sPartnership http://www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org/
The Fiji Village Online http://www.fijivillage.com/
Topix.net (good site, distils stuff from all over the world) http://www.topix.net/world/fiji
Wansolwara Online (University of the South Pacific journalism training website) http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/about/index.html
BOOKS & PAPERS ONLINE (click on title)
Anthony Trollope on Fiji A time bomb lies buried: Fiji’s road to Independence, 1960-1970 Brij V. Lal Fiji and the Fijians by George C. Henderson 1931 Fiji, Memory Hold the Door by Betty Freeman 1990 [Autobiography of life in Fiji in the first half of the 20th Century]. Fijian Society By Rev. W. Deane 1921 From election to coup in Fiji Ed. Jon Fraenkel & Stewart Firth Life in Feejee, or, Five years among the cannibals. By a lady. 1851. Wallis, Mary Davis (née Cook) Mark Twain in Fiji Specimens of native paper from Tongo (sic) and Fiji, sent home by John Hunt [in fact 10 of the 12 specimens are of Fiji masi, and the other two probably Tonga-style gatu vakatoga made in Fiji]. 1847. Rev. John Hunt. The Fijians Basil H. Thomson, 1908. The natives of Rotuma. By J. Stanley Gardiner, B.A. 1898. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27:396-435, 457-524 The 2006 military takeover in Fiji 2009 Ed. Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth & Brij V. Lal The Rotuma Website: Transnational Relations and the Articulation of Cultural Identityby Caroline Clark. 2005. MA thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The Whale Tooth Jack London's fictionalised story of the killing of missionary Thomas Baker (called John Starhurst in this story ) in 1864 in Colo, Fiji. AND MANY FREE FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS from Australian National University's ANU Press: http://www.press.anu.edu.au/about/
Anthony Trollope on Fiji
A time bomb lies buried: Fiji’s road to Independence, 1960-1970 Brij V. Lal
Fiji and the Fijians by George C. Henderson 1931
Fiji, Memory Hold the Door by Betty Freeman 1990 [Autobiography of life in Fiji in the first half of the 20th Century].
Fijian Society By Rev. W. Deane 1921
From election to coup in Fiji Ed. Jon Fraenkel & Stewart Firth
Life in Feejee, or, Five years among the cannibals. By a lady. 1851. Wallis, Mary Davis (née Cook)
Mark Twain in Fiji
Specimens of native paper from Tongo (sic) and Fiji, sent home by John Hunt [in fact 10 of the 12 specimens are of Fiji masi, and the other two probably Tonga-style gatu vakatoga made in Fiji]. 1847. Rev. John Hunt.
The Fijians Basil H. Thomson, 1908.
The natives of Rotuma. By J. Stanley Gardiner, B.A. 1898. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27:396-435, 457-524
The 2006 military takeover in Fiji 2009 Ed. Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth & Brij V. Lal
The Rotuma Website: Transnational Relations and the Articulation of Cultural Identityby Caroline Clark. 2005. MA thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The Whale Tooth Jack London's fictionalised story of the killing of missionary Thomas Baker (called John Starhurst in this story ) in 1864 in Colo, Fiji.
AND MANY FREE FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS from Australian National University's ANU Press: http://www.press.anu.edu.au/about/
FIJI RESEARCH RESOURCES
Fiji White Pages http://www.whitepages.com.fj/ Fiji Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages.com.fj/ Medical publications list (over 900 entries on Fiji) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Fiji University of the South Pacific http://www.usp.ac.fj/ University Book Centre (University of the South Pacific, Fiji) http://www.uspbookcentre.com/ FREE FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS from Australian National University's ANU Press: http://www.press.anu.edu.au/about/
Fiji White Pages http://www.whitepages.com.fj/
Fiji Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages.com.fj/
Medical publications list (over 900 entries on Fiji) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Fiji
University of the South Pacific http://www.usp.ac.fj/
University Book Centre (University of the South Pacific, Fiji) http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
FREE FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS from Australian National University's ANU Press: http://www.press.anu.edu.au/about/
FIJI BLOGS (Just a few. I do NOT list the many out there with blatant political agendas)
Babasiga (interesting and diverse personal blog run by a couple who now live in Melbourne) http://babasiga.blogspot.com/ Blog in Fiji (personal blog covering news, views and the quirky personal sense of humour of the blogger) http://www.bloginfiji.net/ Bula Fiji Project Team To use this you must have a Facebook account) https://www.facebook.com/groups/fijivibes/photos/. Café Pacific (Pacific news media and politics commentary and analysis by journalist and ex-USP academic David Robie) http://www.cafepacific.blogspot.com/ Colour me Fiji (wide-ranging art-concerned blog by Auckland-based artist and curator Ema Tavola—see also "Pimpiknows" below) http://colourmefiji.com/ Croz Walsh's Blog -- Fiji: The Way it Was, Is and Can Be (reputable balanced political analysis blog by ex-USP academic) http://www.crosbiew.blogspot.com/ Na noda vanua o Viti (old pictures and links) https://www.facebook.com/groups/416837428393817/ Pimpiknows (Pacific Island Management Production + Ideas—blog run out of Auckland by Ema Tavola, who also runs "Colour me Fiji") http://pimpiknows.com
Babasiga (interesting and diverse personal blog run by a couple who now live in Melbourne) http://babasiga.blogspot.com/
Blog in Fiji (personal blog covering news, views and the quirky personal sense of humour of the blogger) http://www.bloginfiji.net/
Bula Fiji Project Team To use this you must have a Facebook account) https://www.facebook.com/groups/fijivibes/photos/.
Café Pacific (Pacific news media and politics commentary and analysis by journalist and ex-USP academic David Robie) http://www.cafepacific.blogspot.com/
Colour me Fiji (wide-ranging art-concerned blog by Auckland-based artist and curator Ema Tavola—see also "Pimpiknows" below) http://colourmefiji.com/
Croz Walsh's Blog -- Fiji: The Way it Was, Is and Can Be (reputable balanced political analysis blog by ex-USP academic) http://www.crosbiew.blogspot.com/
Na noda vanua o Viti (old pictures and links) https://www.facebook.com/groups/416837428393817/
Pimpiknows (Pacific Island Management Production + Ideas—blog run out of Auckland by Ema Tavola, who also runs "Colour me Fiji") http://pimpiknows.com
COMMUNITY WEBSITES
Community Websites Worldwide (a place to list your community website) http://www.fijicommunity.net/list_commservice.htm Auckland Fiji Community (Auckland N.Z. Fiji Community activities, news, events etc.) http://www.aucklandfiji.org.nz/ Aussiefiji.com (website of Fiji Australia Community Development Inc.) http://www.aussiefiji.com/ Canterbury Fiji Community Incorprated http://www.canterburypasifika.org.nz/fiji/ Fiji Friends (NZ-based website)) http://www.fijifriends.net Fiji land of our fathers (recording the lives of descendants of European settlers, including Kailoma families) http://fijilandofourfathers.com/ Fiji Tuwawa (very useful NZ website made by Fijians for Fijians,: history, culture, contacts, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html Fiji Village (news, announcements, community information, business and shopping directory and radio stations) http://www.fijivillage.com/ Gold Coast Fijian & Friend Association Inc http://gcffai.synthasite.com/ Indo-Fijians Worldwide (Fijians of Indian descent, community Facebook page) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Indo-Fijians-Worldwide/109285872428869 Matavuvale (only if you are deeply religious!) http://www.matavuvale.com Voice of Melanesia Community Website http://www.voiceofmelanesia.com/ My Fiji Friends http://www.myfijifriends.com/ Tautai Guiding Pacific Arts (NZ) http://www.tautai.org/
Community Websites Worldwide (a place to list your community website) http://www.fijicommunity.net/list_commservice.htm
Auckland Fiji Community (Auckland N.Z. Fiji Community activities, news, events etc.) http://www.aucklandfiji.org.nz/
Aussiefiji.com (website of Fiji Australia Community Development Inc.) http://www.aussiefiji.com/
Canterbury Fiji Community Incorprated http://www.canterburypasifika.org.nz/fiji/
Fiji Friends (NZ-based website)) http://www.fijifriends.net
Fiji land of our fathers (recording the lives of descendants of European settlers, including Kailoma families) http://fijilandofourfathers.com/
Fiji Tuwawa (very useful NZ website made by Fijians for Fijians,: history, culture, contacts, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html
Fiji Village (news, announcements, community information, business and shopping directory and radio stations) http://www.fijivillage.com/
Gold Coast Fijian & Friend Association Inc http://gcffai.synthasite.com/
Indo-Fijians Worldwide (Fijians of Indian descent, community Facebook page) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Indo-Fijians-Worldwide/109285872428869
Matavuvale (only if you are deeply religious!) http://www.matavuvale.com
Voice of Melanesia Community Website http://www.voiceofmelanesia.com/
My Fiji Friends http://www.myfijifriends.com/
Tautai Guiding Pacific Arts (NZ) http://www.tautai.org/
FIJI VISITORS & TRAVEL
Air flights within Fiji http://www.fijiairways.com/bookings/fares-and-special-offers/domestic-fiji/ Airlines that fly to and from Fiji http://traveltips.usatoday.com/airlines-fly-nadi-fiji-35330.html Fiji travel guide (by David Stanley, author of Moon Fiji guidebook) http://www.southpacific.org/guide/fiji.html Fiji Eco-Tourism http://www.ecotourism.org/news/fiji Fiji for First Timers (from Lonely Planet) http://www.lonelyplanet.com/fiji/travel-tips-and-articles/77671 : (from Rob Kay's Fiji Guide) http://fijiguide.com/profiles/blogs/a-guide-to-fiji-for-first-timers Fiji Islands holiday packages 2015 (From TourismFiji) http://www.tourismfiji.com/fiji-holiday-packages.html Fiji Department of Immigration (includes forms etc. For Visas see below) http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.php Fiji Hotels and Tours (booking site, including eco-tourism sites, and advice) http://www.fiji-hotels.com.fj/responsible_accm Fiji Travel (formerly Fiji Visitors Bureau) http://www.fiji.travel Fiji Travel Advice for Australians http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Fiji Fiji Travel Guide from Travel Online http://www.travelonline.com/fiji Fiji Travel Videos (from National Geographic) http://natgeotv.com.au/videos/travel/fiji-part-1-2A7257A1.aspx Fiji Visa Information http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.php/visa Hotels & Travel in Fiji http://hotelstravel.com/fiji.html/bookaflight.html Levuka — Historic Royal Hotel (I highly recommend Levuka as a tourist destination) http://www.royallevuka.com/royallevuka/Welcome.html Levuka — History http://www.royallevuka.com/royallevuka/Levuka.html See also http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijiphotos/cards/ Rob Kay's Fiji Guide http://www.fijiguide.com/ South Pacific Tourism Organisation: Fiji (includes useful accommodation guide indexed by locale and quality from luxury to budget) http://spto.org/discover/fiji Taveuni http://www.taveuni.com.au/ : Taveuni adventures https://www.facebook.com/TaveuniAdventures Travelmaxia http://www.travelmaxia.com/fiji/index.cfm World Travel Guide: Fiji http://www.worldtravelguide.net/fiji
Air flights within Fiji http://www.fijiairways.com/bookings/fares-and-special-offers/domestic-fiji/
Airlines that fly to and from Fiji http://traveltips.usatoday.com/airlines-fly-nadi-fiji-35330.html
Fiji travel guide (by David Stanley, author of Moon Fiji guidebook) http://www.southpacific.org/guide/fiji.html
Fiji Eco-Tourism http://www.ecotourism.org/news/fiji
Fiji for First Timers (from Lonely Planet) http://www.lonelyplanet.com/fiji/travel-tips-and-articles/77671 : (from Rob Kay's Fiji Guide) http://fijiguide.com/profiles/blogs/a-guide-to-fiji-for-first-timers
Fiji Islands holiday packages 2015 (From TourismFiji) http://www.tourismfiji.com/fiji-holiday-packages.html
Fiji Department of Immigration (includes forms etc. For Visas see below) http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.php
Fiji Hotels and Tours (booking site, including eco-tourism sites, and advice) http://www.fiji-hotels.com.fj/responsible_accm
Fiji Travel (formerly Fiji Visitors Bureau) http://www.fiji.travel
Fiji Travel Advice for Australians http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Fiji
Fiji Travel Guide from Travel Online http://www.travelonline.com/fiji
Fiji Travel Videos (from National Geographic) http://natgeotv.com.au/videos/travel/fiji-part-1-2A7257A1.aspx
Fiji Visa Information http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.php/visa
Hotels & Travel in Fiji http://hotelstravel.com/fiji.html/bookaflight.html
Levuka — Historic Royal Hotel (I highly recommend Levuka as a tourist destination) http://www.royallevuka.com/royallevuka/Welcome.html
Levuka — History http://www.royallevuka.com/royallevuka/Levuka.html See also http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijiphotos/cards/
Rob Kay's Fiji Guide http://www.fijiguide.com/
South Pacific Tourism Organisation: Fiji (includes useful accommodation guide indexed by locale and quality from luxury to budget) http://spto.org/discover/fiji
Taveuni http://www.taveuni.com.au/ : Taveuni adventures https://www.facebook.com/TaveuniAdventures
Travelmaxia http://www.travelmaxia.com/fiji/index.cfm
World Travel Guide: Fiji http://www.worldtravelguide.net/fiji
ROTUMA
Books, Dissertations, Papers and Theses relating to Rotuma: http://www.rotuma.net/os/Publications.html Island legacy: a history of the Rotuman people by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel — Free download http://www.rotuma.net/os/Publications/Island_Legacy/index.html Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies, by Elizabeth Inia Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (2001) Download http://www.rotuma.net/os/ceremonies/toc.htm Noa'ia 'e Mauri Rotuma Home Page http://www.rotuma.net Online Bibliography of Rotuma http://www.rotuma.net/os/BiblioBook/BibIntro.html Rotuma archaeology http://www.rotuma.net/os/archaeology.htm Rotuma archive http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/Archive.html Rotuma: Aspects of history http://www.janeresture.com/rotuma/index.htm Rotuma history http://www.rotuma.net/os/History.html Rotuma Website http://www.rotuma.net/ Rotuman Language, by Marit Vamarasi (2002) Free download http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1879.html Transnational Relations and the Articulation of Cultural Identity by Caroline Clark. 2005. MA thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. http://www.rotuma.net/os/reports/Clarkthesis.pdf
Books, Dissertations, Papers and Theses relating to Rotuma: http://www.rotuma.net/os/Publications.html
Island legacy: a history of the Rotuman people by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel — Free download http://www.rotuma.net/os/Publications/Island_Legacy/index.html
Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies, by Elizabeth Inia Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (2001) Download http://www.rotuma.net/os/ceremonies/toc.htm
Noa'ia 'e Mauri Rotuma Home Page http://www.rotuma.net
Online Bibliography of Rotuma http://www.rotuma.net/os/BiblioBook/BibIntro.html
Rotuma archaeology http://www.rotuma.net/os/archaeology.htm
Rotuma archive http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/rotuma/os/Archive.html
Rotuma: Aspects of history http://www.janeresture.com/rotuma/index.htm
Rotuma history http://www.rotuma.net/os/History.html
Rotuman Language, by Marit Vamarasi (2002) Free download http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1879.html
Transnational Relations and the Articulation of Cultural Identity by Caroline Clark. 2005. MA thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. http://www.rotuma.net/os/reports/Clarkthesis.pdf