Fijians
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Fijians are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and English and share a common history and culture.
Fijian dance
19th-century Fijian couple in traditional dress.
Fijian policemen in Suva, 1967
Guard outside the presidential palace in Suva, 2003
Melanesians
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Melanesians are the predominant and Indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia, in an area stretching from New Guinea to the Fiji Islands. Most speak one of the many languages of the Austronesian language fa
Fijians
…BCE onward. As of 2005, indigenous Fijians constituted slightly more than half of the total population of Fiji. Indigenous Fijians are predominantly of Melanesian extraction, with some Polynesian admixture. Australia has the largest Fijian expatriate population, according to the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs…
Biak people in Southwest Papua, Indonesia
A Fijian mountain warrior, photograph by Francis Herbert Dufty, 1870s.
Girls from Vanuatu