Domodomo Scholarly Journal

The SCHOLARLY JOURNAL of the FIJI MUSEUM

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Publication by year:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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 1984

Volume 2, No. 4
F$6.00 

Theodore Kleinschmidt, by Fergus Clunie

 
Theodore Kleinschmidt's notes on the hill tribes of Viti Levu, 1877-1878, edited by Herbert Tischner, translated by Stefanie Waine, with notes by Fergus Clunie 


 1985

 

Volume 3, No. 1
F$6.00 

The mana, or mangrove-lobster, by G. Pillai

 
Fijian and Tongan war arrows, by Fergus Clunie


 

Volume 3, No. 2
F$6.00

Faces from the fifties, by Fergus Clunie

Aquatic species introduced to Fiji, by Scott Andrews

Ornithological observations on Rabe Island, Fiji, by Nigel Langham


Volume 3, No. 3
F$6.00

Seabird nesting colonies of the Ringgold Islands, by Fergus Clunie

A brief environmental history of Fiji. The ice ages and human habitation before European contact, by John Gibbons.

A substantially complete lapita bowl from Tongatapu on display in the Fiji Museum, by Dirk H.R. Spennemann.

Presentation of Ogilvie documents to the Fiji Museum.


 

Volume 3, No. 4
F$6.00

The distribution of Fijian land and freshwater birds, based on the collections and observations of the Whitney South Sea expedition by Dick Watling.

Notes on the bats and birds of Rotuma by Fergus Clunie.

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 1986

 

Volume 4, No. 1 
F$6.00

The centre-poled houses of western Vitilevu, by Susan Freeman

Letters from the highlands of Vitilevu, 1877, by John Archibald Boyd, edited by Fergus Clunie

John Archibald Boyd, by Fergus Clunie 


 

Volume 4, No. 2
F$6.00

Background to Arthur J.L. Gordon's narrative, 1875,
by Fergus Clunie

An account of Mr Walter Carew's tour of the Island of Na Viti on behalf of the government - 1875, by Arthur John Lewis Gordon

Saulaca: Fijian sail needles, by Dirk H.R. Spennemann 


 

Volume 4, No. 3
F$6.00 

Travels in the interior of Viti Levu, by Eduard Graeffe, translated by Stefanie Vuikaba Waine, with notes by Fergus Clunie and Philip A. Snow 


 

Volume 4, No. 4
F$6.00 

Lali - the drums of Fiji, by Rod Ewins

A slit-gong club from Fiji, by Fergus Clunie 

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 1987

 

Volume 5, Nos. 1-2
F$6.00

Dedication to John R.H. Gibbons, 1946-1986, by Fergus Clunie

Sea-level and tectonic changes in the Pacific Basin, with emphasis on Holocene changes in Fiji, by Patrick D. Nunn

A faunal survey of Yaduataba Island reserve with particular reference to the crested iguana, by W.A. Laurie, H. Uryu and Dick Watling

Cannibalism in Fiji: the analysis of butchering marks on human bones and the historical record, by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

A human bone thatching needle from Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji, by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Roko Tui Dreketi's human skull yaqona cup by Fergus Clunie 

Journey to Nandronga River, 1865, by Henry M. Jones, with introduction and explanatory notes by John T. Parry

A Fijian ancestor image collected by Rev. John Hunt, 1838-1848, by Fergus Clunie 


 

Volume 5, Nos. 3-4
F$6.00

A preliminary report on the Sigatoka burials, by Simon Best 
Nepalese in Fiji, by C.C.M. Griffin

Customs and beliefs in upland Vitilevu, by Jean de Marzan 

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 1988

 

Volume 6, Nos. 1-4 
F$6.00

Sugar from Taveuni, by Peter F. Dyer

The rarest printed work on the Pacific, by Philip Snow

Uplift and subsidence in Fiji, by Patrick D. Nunn

Fiji's coins and currency I: the Sandon pound, by K.A. Rodgers and Carol Cantrell.

Fiji's coins and currency II: the brass threepence, by K.A. Rodgers

Ring-ditches in Tokatoka district, Fiji, by John Overton and Joseph Chung

Some liku designs of the 1870s, by Jane Roth

Petroglyphs at Maqere, Tavua, Vitilevu, by John T. Parry and Dick Watling

Worked surfaces - mortars and hones at Maqere, Tavua, Vitilevu, by John T. Parry and Dick Watling 

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 1989

 

Volume 7, Nos. 1-4
F$6.00

Planters and plantations in Vitilevu - 1875: an historical geography, by John T. Parry

Observations on the giant Fiji long-horn beetle, Xixuthrus heros (Heer), by P.A. Ryan, R.A. Beaver and G.F. Bornemessiza

A list of adzes at the Fiji Museum, by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Alpinia boia - the world's largest ginger: some ecological implications for Fijian rain forests, by A.N. Gillison

Notes on the fauna of Laucala and Matagi Islands, Fiji, by Dick Watling 

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 1990

 

Volume 8, Nos. 1-4 
F$11.00

Stylistic change of Fijian pottery. 
Part I: Form, by Rosa Rossitto 
Stylistic change of Fijian pottery. 
Part II: Decoration, by Rosa Rossitto 

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 1995

 

Volume 9, Nos. 1-2
F$11.00 

Nose-flute music of Fiji, by Peter Crowe

Qoma pottery: a preliminary report, by Paul Geraghty

Making a Fijian pot, by Education Department, Fiji Museum

John Archibald Boyd and Fijian artifacts and human remains in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, by Susie Davies

Glass plate negatives collection of the Fiji Museum, by William Copeland 

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 1996

Volume 10, No. 1
F$11.00 

A special issue on the Koroyanitu National Park.

A message from the editor, Christine Burke

Koroyanitu: Introduction

SPREP support for Koroyanitu by Joe Reti

Towards sustainable livelihood: The Koroyanitu development programme by Jale O. Baba

Koroyanitu National Park project: A preliminary analysis of archaeological sites by John Parry

The biodiversity of Koroyanitu National Park by Randy Thaman 


Volume 10, No. 2
F$11.00

A message from the Director of the Fiji Museum by Kate Vusoniwailala

How Fijians came to Fiji, and what they did when they arrived by Patrick D. Nunn

The Image of Hikule'o (A Tongan-style Goddess in the Fiji Museum) by David V. Burley

Visual Language, A 19th Century Example by Mara Jevera Fulmer

Historical notes on Suva (Part 1) by Colman Wall, edited by Paul Geraghty

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 1997

Volume 11, No.1
F$11.00

Thinking the Pacific: A Kanak view, as expressed by Jean-Marie Tjibaou by Professor Erik Waddell 

Kava - ceremonial drink to wonder drug - and who benefits ? by Professor Bill Aalbersberg 

Pregnant bodies and interpersonal boundaries in Fiji by Anne E Becker 

Sketches in Fijian History (part 2) by Colman Wall


Volume 11, No.2
F$11.00

Fijian double-spouted vessels by Geoffrey Clark & Tarisi Sorovi-Vunidilo 

Historical notes on Suva (part 2) by Colman Wall, edited by Paul Geraghty

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 1999

Volume 12, No.1
F$11.00

A special issue on Kadavu  Feejeean Islands by John Jackson

The island of Kadavu by JP Thomson

Legend of the elevation of Mount Washington, Kadavu by GAFW Beauclerc

Tanovo - the God on Ono by W. Deene

Early human settlement and the possibility of contemporaneous volcanism, western Kadavu, Fiji by Patrick D. Nunn

The revival of pottery-making in Yawe, Kadavu by Tarisi Sorovi-Vunidilo & Kate Vusoniwailala

Physiography, ethnobotany and cultural importance of the fluvial environment, interpreted from stream names on Kadavu island, Fiji by James Terry & Lani Vakatawa 


Vol.12, No.2
F$11.00

A preliminary report on archaeological research in the Yasawa Islands by Terry Hunt, Karen Aronson, Ethan Cochrane, Julie Field, Lisa Humphrey & Timothy Rieth

The prey of Peregrine Falcons (Falco Peregrinus) as determined by skeletal remains from Joske's Thumb, Vitilevu by TH Worthy

Historical Notes on Suva (Part 3) by Colman Wall, edited by Paul Geraghty 

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 2000

Vol.13, No.1
F$11.00 

Na sala ni ibe: A path of mats by Jacqueline Ryle 

Old wars of western Fiji by Isikeli Nadalo 

The role of the Fiji (National) Museum in collecting oral traditions by Sagale Buadromo & Jotika Singh Ramos

 
Fijian canoes by Sela Vuinakasa Rayawa 


Vol.13, No.2
F$11.00 

Spatial patterning of a Lapita landscape at an archaeological site in the West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea by J F Parr, C J Lentfer & W E Boyd

Naigani Island and its historical connections with Ovalau & Moturiki 
Islands: convergences between legend and fact by Aviuta Ramoli & Patrick D Nunn 

Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigations on Yacata 
Island, northern Lau, Fiji Islands by Geoffrey Clark and Geoffrey Hope 

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 2001

Vol.14, Nos. 1 & 2
F$11.00 

Emergence of the Fijian Identity - a monograph by Judith Croasdell 

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 2002

Vol.15, No 1
F$11.00 

Freshwater molluscs of Fiji by Alison Haynes

Rukunikoro: Reconstruction of a late prehistoric fortification on Cikobia Island (Macuata), Fiji by C. Sand, J. Bolé, D. Baret, A. Ouetcho & F. Valentin 

The Manila brig revisited - the brig Concepcion cut off at Fiji in 1825 by Rod Levesque 
 


Vol. 15, No. 2
F$11.00

Kava and liver toxicity. What is the fuss about ? by RFW Moulds & J Malani

Cultural heritage in the Fiji Islands: The issue of protection and the illicit trafficking of artifacts by S Buadromo, J Singh &  J Bacchiochi

The meaning of some Indian customs as practised in Fiji by AW McMillan
 

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 2003

Vol. 16, No. 1
F$11.00

An early Lapita site on Moturiki Island, Central Fiji: Preliminary Report by Patrick D. Nunn, Sepeti Matararaba & Roselyn Kumar.

Inland and coastal Lapita settlement on Viti Levu Island, Fiji: New Data by Roselyn Kumar & Patrick D. Nunn.

Pottery Making in Nasigatoka by J.B. Palmer.


Vol. 16, No. 2
F$11.00

Archaeological and GIS-based research in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji by Julie S Field, Ph.D

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 2004

Vol. 17, No. 1 & 2
F$11.00

Archaeological Investigations on Waya Island: the 2001 University of Hawaii Archaeological Field School by Ethan Cochrane.

The First People in Fiji: A report on the current state of knowledge about when and where they settled by Roselyn Kumar.

An unusual potsherd from Seputu, Laucala Island, Northeast Fiji by Patrick Nunn

New Scientific Evidence for Exploitation and settlement of coastal hinterlands in Fiji around AD 785 by Patrick Nunn and Roselyn Kumar

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 2005

Vol. 18
F$11.00

Archaeology in the Yasawa Islands, Western Fiji: A report on the fieldwork from 1978 to 2003 by Ethan Cochrane Ph.D

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 2006
Vol. 19
F$11.00

The prehistory of the interior of Viti Levu by Dr. Julie S Field

Bays of Yadua and Yaduataba Islands, Northern Fiji: The meanings and history of their modern names by Marian G Williams, Marie Meredith, Stephanie Robinson, Faye Tamani

The earliest human settlement in the Fiji Islands by Prof. Patrick Nunn, Roselyn Kumar, Sepeti Matararaba and Tomo Ishimura.

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 2007
Vol. 20, N0 1 & 2
F$11.00

Indigenous Marine Taxa of Kadavu Province, Fiji by Mark A Calamia, Paul Geraghty, Emele Bola, Keiasi Likuvai, Shawna Reiner.

New Archaeological Insights from the Central Lau Groups, Fiji by Sharyn Jones, Patrick M O'Day, Sean P Connaughton.

Cultural Heritage Management and Curriculum Development in Melanesia by Dirk H R Spennemann and Robert J Meyenn

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