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Domodomo: A publication of the Fiji Museum


Domodomo - The Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum

This nominally biannual journal presents factual, well-illustrated articles on Pacific prehistory, history, traditional culture and natural history. The greater part of the information contained in these journals is unavailable elsewhere. Prices range from $8.00 - $15.00.

1984
Volume 2, no. 3
$8.00
Fijian canoe hearths by Fergus Clunie
Uluicalia sugar mill and its Indian workers, 1874-1876 by Ken Singh
Irrigated terrace cultivation of dalo at Nawaikama, Gau by Dick Watling
A southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus, on Kabara by Dick Watling


Volume 2, no. 4
$8.00
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
$8.00
The mana, or mangrove-lobster by G. Pillai
Fijian and Tongan war arrows by Fergus Clunie


Volume 3, no. 2
$8.00
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
$8.00
Seabird nesting colonies of the Ringgold Islands by Fergus Clunie
A brief environmental history of Fiji.
II. 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


1986
Volume 4, no. 1
$8.00
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
$8.00
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
$8.00
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
$8.00
Lali - the drums of Fiji by Rod Ewins
A slit-gong club from Fiji by Fergus Clunie


1987
Volume 5, nos 1-2
$8.00
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
$8.00
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


1988
nos 1-4
$8.00
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


1989
nos 1-4
$8.00
Planters and plantations in Vitilevu - 1975: 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


1990
nos 1-4
$15.00
Stylistic change of Fijian pottery.
Part I: Form
by Rosa Rossitto Stylistic change of Fijian pottery.
Part II: Decoration by Rosa Rossitto


1995
nos 1-2
$15.00
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


1996
Vol. 10, No. 1
$15.00
A special issue on the Koroyanitu National Park


.Vol. 10, No. 2
$15.00
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


1997
Vol.11, No.1
$15.00
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


Vol.11, No.2
$15.00
Fijian double-spouted vessels by Geoffrey Clark & Tarisi Sorovi-Vunidilo
Historical notes on Suva (part 2) by Colman Wall, edited by Paul Geraghty


1999
Vol.12, No.1
$15.00
Feejeean Islands by John Jackson
The island of Kadavu by J.P. Thomson
Legend of the elevation of Mount Washington, Kadavu by G. A. F. W Beauclerc
Tanovo - the God on Ono by W. Deene
Early human settlement and the possibility of contemporaneous volcanism, western Kadavu, Fiji by Patrick 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
$15.00
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 T.H. Worthy
Historical Notes on Suva (Part 3) by Colman Wall, edited by Paul Geraghty


2001
Vol.13, No.1
$15.00
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
$15.00
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 Yacuta Island, northern Lau, Fiji Islands by Geoffrey Clark and Geoffrey Hope



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