Talk:Wakaya Island
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Von Luckner was arrested at Wakaya
editWhy doesn't this article mention the illustrious Count Von Luckner and the fact that his notorious cruise ended at Wakaya? From the Wiki article on "Felix von Luckner" . . .
"Luckner pressed on to the Fijian Wakaya Island, arriving after a voyage of 3,700 km (2,300 mi) in an open boat. Most people on Wakaya accepted the Germans' story of being shipwrecked Norwegians, but one sceptic called a party of police from the old Fijian capital of Levuka. On 21 September, the police threatened that a non-existent gun on the inter-island ferry Amra would blow Luckner out of the water. Not wishing to cause bloodshed, and not realizing the police were unarmed, Luckner and his party surrendered and were confined in a prisoner-of-war camp on Motuihe Island, off Auckland, New Zealand." ENSOsurfer (talk) 16:26, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
David Gilmour involvement is out of sequence
editThe following section is wrong and lacks a citation; "Approximately two hundred years later, David Gilmour "discovered" the island on a trip to Fiji. He found it uninhabited and decided to repopulate Wakaya." (I suspect a tourist brochure might be involved!) In fact Wakaya was inhabited throughout the British colonial era. And even after Fijian Independence the then-owner liked to host prominent MPs etc. ENSOsurfer (talk) 16:37, 7 October 2021 (UTC)