Missionaries brought first pigs to Fiji Missionaries brought first pigs to FijiMissionaries brought first pigs to Fiji
Indians
Indians commonly migrated to Fiji to find new homes. These were the first people to bring pigs to the island which is where they raised them.
For breeding and keeping for food.
Missionaries
Missionaries
The Spanish brought guinea pigs from their colonies in South America to Europe.
The two main ethnic groups in Fiji are the indigenous Fijians and Indians, who are descended from indentured labourers brought to Fiji by the British.
pigs were boutgh to rarotonga in the early 19`00s
In 1879 when the British brought Indians over to work on the sugarcane fields of Fiji, Hindi was introduced to the Pacific first time.
After the british set foot on Fiji they have at least cut down countless of sandalwood trees and mahogany. They have taken most and own lots of land. Mass migration of Brits in Australia to Fiji began. 200,000native fijians died of measles brought to the islands by the brits who arrived with the deasease. The exploitation of the Indian labourers and the start of the sugarcane farming. The introduction of Christianity and modesty to women. The introduction of alcohol, cows, horses, pigs, birds etc from british australia to Fiji. Fiji was a rich and welathy country full of natural resources now gone because of over use. The british have did a great damage not only to Fiji but to the Pacific Island countries as a whole.
They brought pigs over so that they could farm them and eat pork as they had in Spain.