Ovalau

Ovalau is a rugged volcanic island east of Viti Levu, with steep hills rising behind a narrow coast. In 1789 William Bligh passed the island during his voyage after the Bounty mutiny. By the early nineteenth century Levuka, on Ovalau’s eastern shore, had become a meeting place for Fijians and visiting traders; a small European settlement was established there by 1835.