02195ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000041000722450084001132640016001973000027002133360021002403370023002613380032002845000019003165060218003355200890005535330077014435400269015208560188017893606140313k19001970xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aJohnson, William Graingerd1900-198010a'Fiji - 70 years and one month': the memoirs of William (Tui) Johnson  c1900 - 1970  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 1017  aAvailable for reference - but no part of the contents may be reproduced or used in quotation without the written permission of Mr David Johnson or Mr Mark Johnson, 34A Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney NSW 20232 aWilliam Johnson (1900-1980) was born in Suva, Fiji, the son of Henry Johnson, a Canadian. He spent his early years on his parents' plantation at Tavua, Viti Levu. During WWI he attended Melbourne Grammar School and then returned to Fiji to work for Clive Joske's trading company, later W.R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. Johnson eventually became manager for the South West Pacific. The manuscript, of about 200 pp., is a photocopy of the original which no longer exists. The photographs referred to in the margins were not made available for microfilming. The writing is humerous and includes references to local characters, traditions, social events, commercial activities and daily life in general.<BR>Further references to Johnson will be found in Robert Langdon, ed., Cumulative Index to Pacific Islands Monthly, 1945-1955, (Canberra: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, 1984).  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for reference - but no part of the contents may be reproduced or used in quotation without the written permission of Mr David Johnson or Mr Mark Johnson, 34A Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney NSW 2023uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/fiji-70-years-and-one-month-memoirs-of-william-tui-johnsonzView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.