Brewster , Adolphe Brewster , 1855-1937 , colonial administrator x Joske , Adolphe Brewster

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Brewster , Adolphe Brewster , 1855-1937 , colonial administrator x Joske , Adolphe Brewster

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Born Adolphe Brewster Brewster, 1855; Commissioner of Colo (Tholo), North and East Provinces, Fiji, [c1884]; he later changed his name to Adolphe Brewster Joske. He retired to England and died in 1937. The Brewster family were noted for their pioneering work in establishing the sugar industry in Fiji, including the importation of machinery for Fiji's first sugar mill.

Publications: The Hill Tribes of Fiji: A Record of Forty Years (Seeley, Service & co., 1922)