Historedia
Episode 2 of 3

Arrival at Levuka

When
14 May 1879
Where
Levuka
Part of
First Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas

The Leonidas arrived at Levuka, Fiji, on 14 May 1879, disembarking the first batch of Indian labourers.

The ship arrived at Levuka, Fiji, on 14 May 1879. The 498 indentured workers who disembarked were the first of over 61,000 to arrive from South and East Asia in the following 37 years.

Sources

  1. Leonidas (ship) Wikipedia, revision of 2025-06-15
  2. Indo-Fijians Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27

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