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unusual facts about Pacific Island



Andrew Deoki

Deoki proposed a compromise whereby 12 seats (four from each of the ethnic groups) were elected on communal roll, 18 were elected from cross-voting seats ( 6 Fijians, 6 Indians, 3 Europeans and one each from Chinese, Rotumans and Pacific Islanders, and the remaining 6 seats were to be elected on a common roll.


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Anthony F. DePalma

In addition to serving to evacuate casualties to New Zealand, his ship was involved in several of the Pacific island assaults (Guam, Leyte, Okinawa).

Leo Pinsky

Pinsky later served on the South Pacific island of Guam where he played baseball and famously hit two grand slams in a 8-7 win over the Navy.

Lomilomi

Lomi salmon or lomi-lomi salmon, a side dish in Pacific island cuisine

Mrs. Pacific Islands

Pacific Islands represents married women across the Pacific Island chain to include the Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, the Midway Islands, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands and Easter Island and is a part of the Mrs. United America Pageant.

Point Dume

The pilot episode of I Dream of Jeannie filmed at Point Dume which served as the deserted South Pacific Island where astronaut Tony Nelson's (Larry Hagman) capsule washed ashore and he released (Barbara Eden) Jeannie from 2,000 years of imprisonment.

Shimabara Lullaby

It is related to the Karayuki-san, the poor Japanese girls sold to work overseas as prostitutes, in Southern China, the Pacific island areas, such as Sandakan on Borneo.

Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō

In early 2011 the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Richard Marles visited Tonga on two occasions and was the first overseas politician to visit Tuʻivakanō since his election.

Simeon Bouro

In March 2013, Bouro became the first resident Solomon Islands ambassador in Cuba, and indeed the first resident ambassador for any Pacific Island country in that nation.

South Pacific Championship

The competition featured six teams - three provinces from New Zealand; Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington, two Australian teams; Queensland and New South Wales, and one team representing Pacific Island rugby, Fiji.

South Sea Islander

Faith Bandler, Evelyn Scott and Bonita Mabo (widow of Eddie Mabo) are prominent Indigenous activists who are also descendants of Pacific Island plantation workers.

Tarzan and the Castaways

Tarzan is stranded on a Pacific island inhabited by the remnant of a lost Mayan civilization.

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

On the fictional Pacific island of Talua in French Polynesia, some 500 miles from Tahiti, Father Doonan (Spencer Tracy), has been relieved of his duties by Father Perreau (Kerwin Mathews).

Zoysia matrella

USFS US Department of Agriculture Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER), 2005.