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School in the 2017 FSSRU Competition. Lelean last held the Deans Trophy in 2014. Their previous victory in the Fiji secondary schools' competition was in 2010 after winning the Deans finals for the third consecutive year since 2008. Lelean also takes part in athletics, netball, soccer, hockey and cricket. The
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As a result, he and 50 volunteers from Toorak Boys School, met at the
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Secondary Schools' Rugby Union (FSSRU) Competition trophies on offer in 1952. That record has since been equalled by Ratu Kadavulevu
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Methodist missions in Fiji served as education centres where students were taught to read and write as well as a rudimentary knowledge of medicine. This laid the foundations of formal education in Fiji. Fijian Methodist Ministers and Catechists were not only instrumental in spreading the
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European Union and opened in 2006. Directly across the river is the village of Nausori and the old sugar town of the same name. The school roll for 2023 is 1,400. Lelean Memorial School caters for students in the
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Reverend Charles Oswald Lelean. Rev C.O Lelean had impacted numerous lives and generations of Fijians through his long and dedicated service and was a much loved minister.
324:, Cornwall in 1753. John Wesley then presented James Lelean and his wife Mary with his silver buckles in thanks. The buckles are now in the Wesley Museum, City Road, London.
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Defence Force Academy, UNSW. Awarded by, University of New South Wales ā Australian Defence Force Academy. School of History, 2000.
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