Naitaba Island (Naitauba, Naitaba) is an island of the northern

Lau Islands The Lau Islands aka little Tonga (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about sixty islands and islets, about thirty a ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. It is a triangular shaped island approximately in diameter. The island is volcanic with coral and rises to on a flat-topped hill toward the southern end of the island.United States Hydrographic Office (1916) ''Pacific Islands Pilot Volume II (Eastern Groups)'' US Navy, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
page 462
The island is forested and coconuts were grown commercially for

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. There is a

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completely surrounding the island.

History

In 1965 the actor

Raymond Burr Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in television dramas ''Perry Mason'' and '' Ironside''. Burr's early acting career included roles ...

and his partner purchased on the island, where they raised

and

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult mal ...

. This land was sold in 1983 to Johannine Daist Communion for the use of

Adi Da Adi Da Samraj, born Franklin Albert Jones (November 3, 1939 – November 27, 2008) was an American-born spiritual teacher, writer and artist. He was the founder of a new religious movement known as Adidam. Adi Da initially became known in the ...

, with a purchase price of $2.1 million.Stanley, David (1992) ''Fiji Islands Handbook'' (3rd edition) Moon Publications, Chico, California
page 192

References

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