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Henry Britton
1843–1938
An English-born journalist who built his career in colonial Australia, he is remembered today for vivid writing about Fiji and for a long life in newspapers and public affairs. His work blends travel, observation, and 19th-century reporting.
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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, on January 24, 1843, he moved to Australia with his family as a child and grew up in Victoria. He worked in journalism from an early age and became known in colonial Australian newspaper circles, building a career that mixed reporting, editing, and public commentary.
He is especially associated with Lolóma; or, Two Years in Cannibal-Land: A Story of Old Fiji (1883), a book drawn from his experiences in Fiji. The work helped preserve a record of the islands as he saw them in the 19th century, and it remains the main reason readers still seek him out.
Later in life, he continued to be recognized as a veteran journalist and writer in Australia. He died on February 21, 1938. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.