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Phyllis Reeve
Phyllis Reeve (born 1938) is a former librarian and marina operator, who has written local histories and serves as a literary critic in British Columbia, Canada. Born in Fiji, she moved to Montreal as a young child and completed her education at the University of British Columbia. She worked in the university library until 1987, when she retired and purchased Page's Resort and Marina on Gabriola Island. She and her husband expanded the business to include an art gallery, book store, and public concert hall, which they operated until retiring in 2007. She has written several local histories, as well as a book drawing on her father's journals about Fiji, and is active as a literary critic. Early life and education Phyllis Margery Parham was born in Suva, which at the time was in the British Colony of Fiji, in 1938 to Gladys Margery (née Parham) and Wilfrid Laurier Parham. Her father, known as "Laurier" was born in King Williams Town in the Cape Colony (now Qonce, South Africa) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suva
Suva (, ) is the Capital city, capital and the most populous city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Division, Fiji, Central Division. In 1877, the capital of Fiji was moved to Suva from Levuka, the main European colonial settlement at the time, due to the restrictive geography and environs of the latter. The administration of the colony was transferred from Levuka to Suva in 1882. As of the 2017 census, the city of Suva had a Demographics of Fiji, population of 93,970, and Suva's metropolitan area, which includes its independent suburbs, had a population of 185,913. The combined urban population of Suva and the towns of Lami, Fiji, Lami, Nasinu, and Nausori that border it was around 330,000: over a third of the nation's population (This urban complex, excluding Lami, is also known as the Suva-Nausori corridor). Suva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
