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Title: Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?
Post by: ksmithunr on Jun 27, 2022

Question 1

Which was one of the last locations in Oceania to be reached by early Austronesian peoples?


◦ Papua New Guinea
◦ the Marshall Islands
◦ Australia
◦ New Zealand
◦ Solomon Islands

Question 2

Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?
◦ They were convicts from India sent to live in a penal colony.
◦ They were brought to fill labor shortages in sugarcane fields.
◦ They voluntarily migrated to Fiji as part of British colonization.
◦ They were fleeing civil war between Hindus and Muslims in India.
◦ They were part of Indian government program to relieve overcrowding.
Title: Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?
Post by: GoldenBrown on Jun 27, 2022

Answer 1

New Zealand



Answer 2

They were brought to fill labor shortages in sugarcane fields.