Sir Arthur Gordon
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Pacific IslandsPatterns of colonial administrationArthur Gordon set up a system of native administration that incorporated the chiefs; the island was divided into provinces and districts that, on the information available to Gordon, represented the old divisions of Fiji, and over each he tried to select the chief to take…
Arthur Gordon set up a system of native administration that incorporated the chiefs; the island was divided into provinces and districts that, on the information available to Gordon, represented the old divisions of Fiji, and over each he tried to select the chief to take…
FijiHistory of Fiji…policies of the first governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, were decisive in shaping the history of Fiji. Gordon saw himself as the protector of the Fijian people and thus initiated policies that limited their involvement in commercial and political developments. Sales of Fijian land were banned; the Fijians were taxed in…
…policies of the first governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, were decisive in shaping the history of Fiji. Gordon saw himself as the protector of the Fijian people and thus initiated policies that limited their involvement in commercial and political developments. Sales of Fijian land were banned; the Fijians were taxed in…