Space and time in West Guadalcanal: a political economy

Figures & data

Figure 1. The Vaturanga District and environs.

Table 1. Historical trajectory of change in the Vaturanga District.

1568	Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana sights the Solomon Islands
c.1800	First regular traders arrive
1871	Anglican Melanesian Mission established
1893	British Solomon Islands Protectorate established
1898	Roman Catholic Marist Mission established
1907	Levers Pacific Plantations Limited acquire 300,000 acres in Guadalcanal, Nggela and Russell Islands
1920s	First Land Commission (others to follow in the 1950s and 1960s)
1942–43	Japanese Occupation and Battle of Guadalcanal (Americans build road)
1978	Independence (transferring foreign ownership to 75-year leases)
1980	Taitai No. 1 Plantation returned to local control
1988	Taitai No. 2 Plantation turned to other uses (Hautambu Society of St Francis and Selwyn College)
1990s	Logging concessions in West Guadalcanal
1998	Guadalcanal Revolutionary Army begins road blockades in West Guadalcanal

Figure 2. The landowners of West Guadalcanal.

Table 2. Moieties and their clans in West Guadalcanal.

Bahea moiety	Manu loki moiety
(shark)	(eagle)
Kakau Clan	Lakuili Clan
Kidipale Clan	Haubata Clan
Kiki Clan	Simbo Clan