When was the fijian flag created

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From Fiji became a Dominion with the Queen of England still as the head of state. The flag was a sky blue field with a national flag top left and the shield of the coat of arms centre right. When the country became a republic in the flag remained the same. There is a new flag of Fiji without any British design announced in July The Coat of Arms of Fiji was adopted in It features a shield with a ST.

In the top left quarter is three sugar canes, the top right is a Cocoa-nut palm tree, lower left is dove with olive branch and the lower right portion is a bunch of bananas. The Standard of the President of Fiji is a blue field with a gold outline of the coat of arms in the centre with a golden knot below. The current flag of Fiji, first flown on 10 October , has a light blue field with the British Union Jack in the upper left corner.

On the right stands a shield depicting a red band across the top that features a lion holding a peeled coconut. The remainder of the shield is quartered using a St. George Cross and in each of these quarters sits a picture: sugar cane, a coconut palm, a dove with an olive branch and a bunch of bananas.

He believes, however, that after 45 years, the colonial symbols should be no more. To understand the desire to change the Fijian flag, you must understand the history of Fiji. A brief look at its history makes clear just how far the island nation has come. The original inhabitants of Fiji called their home Viti. These were the Lapita people, who arrived BC, most likely from Vanuatu. Their descendants relied heavily on fish and lived in peace until around BC, when incursions from other parts of Melanesia caused intertribal feuding.

Cannibalism became common, and in times of war, villagers moved from the coast to fortified sites. This remained the way of life for a very long time, and when Europeans discovered the island nation, they believed it was in a constant state of war.

Intense social upheaval kept European settlement away until the early 19th century. It was Abel Tasman that first sailed past the islands now known as Fiji, describing the region as an area of treacherous reef systems, not for the faint hearted.

This description kept mariners away for another years. James Cook was the next to pass through, though rather uneventfully, aside from a quick stop at Vatoa in the southern Lau Group.