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) (1957 recording by Bob Gaskin from Fiji radio) Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) (Fijian words) A look at Fiji History and Culture http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa081501a.htm Canoes: Fijian Voyaging Canoes (nice personal site by Wayne Sanday. Be warned: slow-loading animation on home-page) http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/axiom/ Deed of Cession of Fiji to Great Britain http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/library/Paclaw/Fiji/DEED%20OF%20CESSION%20%20FIJI.htm Diary of a Peace Corps volunteer beekeeper in Ra, Fiji http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/peace.htm Domodomo: Fiji Museum Journal http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/fm-domodomo.htm English-Fijian wordlist (NOTE: This is just a short list of words, with no explanation of the peculiar Fijian spelling system or pronunciation - use with caution) http://www.fijiguide.com/language.html 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 culture and tradition (Government site) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/history_culture.shtml The Fiji General Practitioner (quarterly journal of the Fiji College of General Practitioners) http://www.fijigp.com/FijiGP.aspx Fijian language bibliography, Websters Online Dictionary http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Fijian/ Fijian masi barkcloth http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm Fiji Girmit (informative site celebrating 125 years since first indentured labour arrived from India) http://www.fijigirmit.org/ Fiji Legends http://www.fiji.to/legends/ Fiji Myth http://www.upei.ca/~meincke/fijimyth.htm Fiji Museum http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/ Fiji Museum Publications (Gift Shop) http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/publications.html Fiji Native Lands Trust Board http://www.nltb.com.fj Fiji Oral Traditions (UNESCO Bibliography) http://www.upei.ca:80/~meincke/fijimyth.htm 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/ Fijituwawa.com (useful site set up and managed by and for indigenous Fijians; information, chat, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html Fiji: The Warrior Archipelago http://www.tribalsite.com/articles/fiji.htm FijiPacific Arts Online - MASI http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm Namena Marine Reserve and Waitabu Marine Park http://www.namena.org and http://www.waitabu.org Nature Fiji (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 Website http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/ Semiotic Review of Books http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/index.html South Australian Museum Fiji Collection, Database illustrated & annotated by Rod Ewins http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/sam/index.html Union College Anthropology Term abroad: Fiji 1999 Papers http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/fiji99/papers.htm University of the South Pacific Book Centre http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) (1957 recording by Bob Gaskin from Fiji radio)
Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell song) (Fijian words)
A look at Fiji History and Culture http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa081501a.htm
Canoes: Fijian Voyaging Canoes (nice personal site by Wayne Sanday. Be warned: slow-loading animation on home-page) http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/axiom/
Deed of Cession of Fiji to Great Britain http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/library/Paclaw/Fiji/DEED%20OF%20CESSION%20%20FIJI.htm
Diary of a Peace Corps volunteer beekeeper in Ra, Fiji http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/peace.htm
Domodomo: Fiji Museum Journal http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/fm-domodomo.htm
English-Fijian wordlist (NOTE: This is just a short list of words, with no explanation of the peculiar Fijian spelling system or pronunciation - use with caution) http://www.fijiguide.com/language.html
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 culture and tradition (Government site) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/history_culture.shtml
The Fiji General Practitioner (quarterly journal of the Fiji College of General Practitioners) http://www.fijigp.com/FijiGP.aspx
Fijian language bibliography, Websters Online Dictionary http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Fijian/
Fijian masi barkcloth http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm
Fiji Girmit (informative site celebrating 125 years since first indentured labour arrived from India) http://www.fijigirmit.org/
Fiji Legends http://www.fiji.to/legends/
Fiji Myth http://www.upei.ca/~meincke/fijimyth.htm
Fiji Museum http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/
Fiji Museum Publications (Gift Shop) http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/publications.html
Fiji Native Lands Trust Board http://www.nltb.com.fj
Fiji Oral Traditions (UNESCO Bibliography) http://www.upei.ca:80/~meincke/fijimyth.htm
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/
Fijituwawa.com (useful site set up and managed by and for indigenous Fijians; information, chat, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html
Fiji: The Warrior Archipelago http://www.tribalsite.com/articles/fiji.htm
FijiPacific Arts Online - MASI http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/craft/s193440.htm
Namena Marine Reserve and Waitabu Marine Park http://www.namena.org and http://www.waitabu.org
Nature Fiji (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 Website http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/
Semiotic Review of Books http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/index.html
South Australian Museum Fiji Collection, Database illustrated & annotated by Rod Ewins http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/sam/index.html
Union College Anthropology Term abroad: Fiji 1999 Papers http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/fiji99/papers.htm
University of the South Pacific Book Centre http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
FIJI ECONOMICS, TRADE & FINANCE
Bank of Hawaii Fiji economic report www.boh.com/econ/pacific/fj/ 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 UNICEF Social Indicators http://www.unicef.org/pon97/stat1.htm US Department of State. Country commercial guide, FY 1999: Fiji http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_ guides/1999/eastasia/fiji99.html
Bank of Hawaii Fiji economic report www.boh.com/econ/pacific/fj/
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
UNICEF Social Indicators http://www.unicef.org/pon97/stat1.htm
US Department of State. Country commercial guide, FY 1999: Fiji http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_ guides/1999/eastasia/fiji99.html
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 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
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 (Government website) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/cat_about_fiji.shtml BBC Country Profile: Fiji http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300477.stm 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 http://www.icffci.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/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe?QB0=AND&QF0=GEOG&QI0=Fiji&MR=20&TN=country&DF=countrynew&RF=countrynew&DL=0&RL=0&NP=3&MF=countmsg.ini&AC=QBE_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe&BU=http%3A//www.eldis.org/search.htm FAO Fiji Nutrition Profile ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esn/nutrition/ncp/FIJmap.pdf Fiji Amnesty International Report 2009 http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-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/ AND http://old.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 (Government website) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/cat_about_fiji.shtml
BBC Country Profile: Fiji http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300477.stm
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 http://www.icffci.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/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe?QB0=AND&QF0=GEOG&QI0=Fiji&MR=20&TN=country&DF=countrynew&RF=countrynew&DL=0&RL=0&NP=3&MF=countmsg.ini&AC=QBE_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe&BU=http%3A//www.eldis.org/search.htm
FAO Fiji Nutrition Profile ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esn/nutrition/ncp/FIJmap.pdf
Fiji Amnesty International Report 2009 http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-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/ AND http://old.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 (May be used, re-published, modified etc. subject to retention of © 2000 Rod Ewins label) http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijimap2000.doc 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 NASA map of Vitilevu http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/PIAGenCatalogPage.pl?PIA02732 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 (May be used, re-published, modified etc. subject to retention of © 2000 Rod Ewins label) http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijimap2000.doc
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
NASA map of Vitilevu http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/PIAGenCatalogPage.pl?PIA02732
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/ 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/
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 Fiji, Memory Hold the Door by Betty Freeman 1990 [Autobiography of life in Fiji in the first half of the 2oth Century]. Fijian Society By Rev. W. Deane 1921 Mark Twain in Fiji The natives of Rotuma. By J. Stanley Gardiner, B.A. 1898. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27:396-435, 457-524 The Rotuma Website: 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. 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. A time bomb lies buried: Fiji’s road to Independence, 1960-1970 Brij V. Lal From election to coup in Fiji Ed. Jon Fraenkel & Stewart Firth The 2006 military takeover in Fiji 2009 Ed. Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth & Brij V. Lal
Anthony Trollope on Fiji
Fiji, Memory Hold the Door by Betty Freeman 1990 [Autobiography of life in Fiji in the first half of the 2oth Century].
Fijian Society By Rev. W. Deane 1921
Mark Twain in Fiji
The natives of Rotuma. By J. Stanley Gardiner, B.A. 1898. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27:396-435, 457-524
The Rotuma Website: 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.
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.
A time bomb lies buried: Fiji’s road to Independence, 1960-1970 Brij V. Lal
From election to coup in Fiji Ed. Jon Fraenkel & Stewart Firth
The 2006 military takeover in Fiji 2009 Ed. Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth & Brij V. Lal
FIJI RESEARCH RESOURCES
Fiji-Portal (very large links resource) http://www.fiji-portal.info/directory/ 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/ University of the South Pacific http://www.usp.ac.fj/ University Book Centre (University of the South Pacific, Fiji) http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
Fiji-Portal (very large links resource) http://www.fiji-portal.info/directory/
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/
University of the South Pacific http://www.usp.ac.fj/
University Book Centre (University of the South Pacific, Fiji) http://www.uspbookcentre.com/
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/ 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) 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/ Torika Bolatagici (Australian Fijian artist's blog about her own work and more general Fiji-related and art-related matters) http://www.torika.wordpress.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/
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) 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/
Torika Bolatagici (Australian Fijian artist's blog about her own work and more general Fiji-related and art-related matters) http://www.torika.wordpress.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 Tuwawa (very useful NZ website made by Fijians for Fijians,: history, culture, contacts, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html Fiji Vibes (to use this you must have, and be willing to use, a Facebook account) http://www.fijivibes.com Fiji World Website http://www.directory.classifieds1000.com/Fiji Gold Coast Fijian & Friend Association Inc http://gcffai.synthasite.com/ Indo-Fiji (Fiji Indian community web portal which aims to bring together Indo-Fijians from all over the world) http://www.indofiji.com/ Kaiviti Friends Cybermataqali (NZ-based, invitational membership only, contact details on this URL) http://groups.google.com/group/kaivitifriends?hl=en Luvei Viti (Wellington-based community site) http://www.huttcity.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.huttcity.com/luveiviti Matavuvale (only if you are deeply religious!) http://www.matavuvale.com Melanesian Community Website http://www.voiceofmelanesia.com/ My Fiji Friends http://www.myfijifriends.com/contact.shtml OzFiji (community website run by Wayne Sanday for Australian ex-Fiji people) http://www.ozfiji.com RattansList (a site allowing ONLY people in Fiji to post Free simple classified ads) http://www.rattanslist.com/ Tautau Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust (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 Tuwawa (very useful NZ website made by Fijians for Fijians,: history, culture, contacts, links etc.) http://www.fijituwawa.com/welcome.html
Fiji Vibes (to use this you must have, and be willing to use, a Facebook account) http://www.fijivibes.com
Fiji World Website http://www.directory.classifieds1000.com/Fiji
Gold Coast Fijian & Friend Association Inc http://gcffai.synthasite.com/
Indo-Fiji (Fiji Indian community web portal which aims to bring together Indo-Fijians from all over the world) http://www.indofiji.com/
Kaiviti Friends Cybermataqali (NZ-based, invitational membership only, contact details on this URL) http://groups.google.com/group/kaivitifriends?hl=en
Luvei Viti (Wellington-based community site) http://www.huttcity.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.huttcity.com/luveiviti
Matavuvale (only if you are deeply religious!) http://www.matavuvale.com
Melanesian Community Website http://www.voiceofmelanesia.com/
My Fiji Friends http://www.myfijifriends.com/contact.shtml
OzFiji (community website run by Wayne Sanday for Australian ex-Fiji people) http://www.ozfiji.com
RattansList (a site allowing ONLY people in Fiji to post Free simple classified ads) http://www.rattanslist.com/
Tautau Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust (NZ) http://www.tautai.org/
FIJI VISITORS & TRAVEL
Air Fiji http://www.airfiji.net/about.htm Finding Fiji (A mini travel guide to Fiji) http://www.southpacific.org/text/finding_fiji.html Fiji Eco-Tourism http://www.fiji-travel.com/eco-tourism.html Fiji Islands tourism blog http://www.fiji-island-holidays.com/Fiji-blog.html Fiji Ministry for Immigration (includes forms etc. For Visas see below) http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.htm Fiji Hotels and Tours (booking site, including eco-tourism sites, and advice) http://www.fiji-hotels.com.fj/responsible_accm Fiji Islands, South Pacific http://www.spac.com/ Fiji Travel & Accommodation Guide http://www.fiji.islands-travel.com/ Fiji Travel Show (good quality, tourist-type pics) http://www.fiji-travel.co.uk/ Fiji Visa Information http://www.spto.org/spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/fiji/fiji_immigration.shtml Fiji Visitors Bureau (slow loading) http://www.fijifvb.gov.fj Historic & Picturesque Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/Historic_Picturesque_Levuka.html Historic Royal Hotel, Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/ Hotels & Travel in Fiji http://hotelstravel.com/fiji.html/bookaflight.html Rob Kay's Fiji Guide http://www.fijiguide.com/ South Pacific Organizer: Fiji http://www.southpacific.org/fiji.html South Pacific Tourism Organisation: Fiji (includes useful accommodation guide indexed by locale and quality from luxury to budget) http://www.spto.org/spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/fiji/ Taveuni http://www.taveuniestates.com/ Travelmaxia http://www.travelmaxia.com/fiji/index.cfm World Travel Guide: Fiji http://www.wtg-online.com/data/fji/fji.asp
Air Fiji http://www.airfiji.net/about.htm
Finding Fiji (A mini travel guide to Fiji) http://www.southpacific.org/text/finding_fiji.html
Fiji Eco-Tourism http://www.fiji-travel.com/eco-tourism.html
Fiji Islands tourism blog http://www.fiji-island-holidays.com/Fiji-blog.html
Fiji Ministry for Immigration (includes forms etc. For Visas see below) http://www.immigration.gov.fj/index.htm
Fiji Hotels and Tours (booking site, including eco-tourism sites, and advice) http://www.fiji-hotels.com.fj/responsible_accm
Fiji Islands, South Pacific http://www.spac.com/
Fiji Travel & Accommodation Guide http://www.fiji.islands-travel.com/
Fiji Travel Show (good quality, tourist-type pics) http://www.fiji-travel.co.uk/
Fiji Visa Information http://www.spto.org/spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/fiji/fiji_immigration.shtml
Fiji Visitors Bureau (slow loading) http://www.fijifvb.gov.fj
Historic & Picturesque Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/Historic_Picturesque_Levuka.html
Historic Royal Hotel, Levuka http://www.royallevuka.com/
Hotels & Travel in Fiji http://hotelstravel.com/fiji.html/bookaflight.html
Rob Kay's Fiji Guide http://www.fijiguide.com/
South Pacific Organizer: Fiji http://www.southpacific.org/fiji.html
South Pacific Tourism Organisation: Fiji (includes useful accommodation guide indexed by locale and quality from luxury to budget) http://www.spto.org/spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/fiji/
Taveuni http://www.taveuniestates.com/
Travelmaxia http://www.travelmaxia.com/fiji/index.cfm
World Travel Guide: Fiji http://www.wtg-online.com/data/fji/fji.asp
ROTUMA
Austronesian Linguistics: Rotuman, by Marit Vamarasi (2002) Free download http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1879.html 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/ The Rotuma Website: 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
Austronesian Linguistics: Rotuman, by Marit Vamarasi (2002) Free download http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1879.html
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
The Rotuma Website: 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