Old Time Fiji Gallery

Vinaka Vaka Levu to Dame Jane Resture for her generosity in providing these wonderful images (many of them postcards) of old Fiji. Those interested in seeing her entire collection should visit her fabulous Fiji Postcards site.


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Variety of Fijian hair styles

Fijian girl

Engravings of village life

Fijian chief

Fijian man circa 105

Fijian village scene

Fijian maiden

Modern Fijians

Collecting breadruit

Fijian youth

Fijian maiden, 1902

Fijian policeman

Fiji warrior beating lali

Fijian couple

Fijian mother & child

Fijian warrior, circa 1890

Fiji fisherwomen

Fijian chief

Fijian policeman

Fijian maiden

Fijian princesses



Fijian beauties, 1914

Taveuni, Fiji

Mountaineer's House, Fiji

Native Canoe Fiji

Interior of chief's home, Fiji

A glimpse of Suva Harbour

Marching band near Albert Park, Suva

Fiji Ceremonial postcard (meke)

The Cannibal Temple, Bau, Fiji

Levuka, Fiji

Beach Street, Levuka

Fiji village, 1932

Canoe Race

Kava ceremony outside a chief's house

Fijian Maidens Preparing Kava

Street Scene, Suva

Taveuni, Fiji

Meke Performance

Suva scene

Fijian Village

Logo of Fiji Broadcasting Company

Lounge, Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva

Fijian Maidens Making Kava

Painting a Tapa Shroud

Native Part of Levuka, Fiji

Boat builders sheds on waterfront, Suva, Fiji

First Transpacific Airmail Suva to USA

"European" Planter with local workers, possibly from the Solomon Islands


© Rob Kay 2007