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Henry Britton
1843–1938
A journalist in colonial Australia, he turned his experiences in the South Pacific into vivid narrative nonfiction. His best-known book, Lolóma; or, Two Years in Cannibal-Land, offers a firsthand look at Fiji as he saw it in the nineteenth century.
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Lolóma, or two years in cannibal-land: A story of old Fiji
by Henry Britton
About the author
Born in Derby, England, in 1843, Henry Britton emigrated to Australia with his family as a child and went on to build a career in journalism. Contemporary reference sources describe him as a journalist in colonial Australia, and his writing reflects both a reporter’s eye for detail and a storyteller’s sense of scene.
Britton is best remembered for Lolóma; or, Two Years in Cannibal-Land: A Story of Old Fiji, published in 1884. The book draws on his time in Fiji and presents customs, daily life, and colonial-era encounters in a lively, observational style that blends travel writing, memoir, and historical record.
He died in 1938. Although detailed biographical information about his literary career is limited, his surviving work remains of interest for readers curious about nineteenth-century Pacific history, colonial journalism, and firsthand accounts of Fiji from that era.