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| 1924 (In the year) |
Miss Nora Lee, who became a Bahá'í in New Zealand, was the first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji, working as a nanny in Labasa from 1924 to about 1930.
Gretta Lamprill became the first Bahá'í in Tasmania in the latter part of the year. [SBR162]
In 1924 Clara and Hyde Dunn spent three months in Hobart together with two Melbourne Baha’is. Their visit attracted a small number of individuals to the Bahá'í Faith, the first of whom was a nurse, Gretta Lamprill. She was gradually joined by others in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport. The first Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Hobart was established in 1949, providing the basis for the effective functioning of the Baha’i community since that time. [Australian Baha'i Community site] |
Fiji; Tasmania; Hobart; Launceston; Devonport, Australia |
First Bahais by country or area; First travel teachers and pioneers; Clara Dunn; Hyde Dunn |
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| 1950 23 Oct |
Nur Ali, a well-known and respected public servant in Suva, became a Bahá’í, the first to accept the Faith in Fiji. |
Fiji |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1952 (In the year) |
Walli Khan, a Fiji Indian, became a Bahá’í, the first person in Fiji to accept the Faith. |
Fiji |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1959 Ridván |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific Islands was formed with its seat in Suva, Fiji. [BN No 267 MY 1953 P1]
Its area of jurisdiction comprised of ten island groups: Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, and Tonga. [BW13:308]
For the letter of the Custodians to the national convention see MC151–5.
In 1963 the Universal House of Justice announced that the Assembly was to be dissolved and succeeded by a National Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific Ocean, and a National Spiritual Assembly of the South West Pacific Ocean, with the new Assemblies being formed the following year.
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Suva; Fiji; Samoa; New Caledonia; New Hebrides Islands (Vanuatu); Loyalty Islands; Gilbert and Ellice Islands; Marshall Islands; Cook Islands; Solomon Islands; Tonga |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1964 Ridván |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific Islands was dissolved and the territory divided into two National Spiritual Assembly areas, South West Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The National Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific Ocean was formed with its seat in Suva comprising the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru Island, Fiji, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands. [BW14p99] |
Suva; Jiji; Gilbert and Ellice Islands; Nauru Island; Fiji; Western Samoa; American Samoa; Tonga; Cook Islands |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1970 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Fiji was formed with its seat in Suva. [BW15:271] |
Suva; Fiji |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1971 21 – 23 May |
The Oceanic Conference of the South Pacific was held in Suva, Fiji, BW15:320–1; VV6.
For pictures see BW15:308–9. |
Suva; Fiji |
Oceanic Conference; Conference |
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| 1975 (In the year) |
The Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Fiji was established. |
Fiji |
Publishing Trusts |
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| 1980 (In the year) |
Yee Wah Sing, the first Fiji-born person to become a Bahá’í in Fiji, enrolled. [BN596:14] |
Fiji |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1982 (In the year) |
The first publication of Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Suva, Fiji Islands. [BW18p878] |
New Zealand; Suva; Fiji |
Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Publications; Shoghi Effendi, Works of |
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| 1989 May |
The Olinga Teaching Project was launched in Fiji, resulting in over a thousand people becoming Bahá’ís. [BINS204:3] |
Fiji |
mass conversion |
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| 1990 (In the year) |
A branch of the Bahá'í International Community's United Nations Office for the Pacific region was opened in Suva, Fiji. [AWH76; VV54] |
Suva; Fiji |
Bahai International Community |
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| 1990 6 Sep |
The Bahá'í International Community opened a branch of its United Nations Office for the Pacific region in Suva, Fiji. [AWH76; BINS233:4–5; VV54] |
Suva; Fiji |
Bahai International Community; United Nations; Pacific |
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from the Main Catalogue
- Hoahania, Hamuel, by Graham Hassall, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 20 (1986-1992) (1999). Short biography of an early Pacific islander convert to the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
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