Papeari

Papeari is a village on the south coast of Tahiti. It is located in Tahiti-nui district,[1] around 32 miles from Papeete.[2]

History

Papeari is attested in some accounts as Tahiti's oldest village.[3]

Some 19th century sources attest that Papeari was formerly known as Vaiari (or Wyere), a name attributed to an indigenous group.[4] It houses a harbor with anchorage.[5]

Tourist sites in and near modern Papeari include the former home of the British novelist Robert Keable, who lived there from 1942 until his death in 1928, and a museum dedicated to the French painter Paul Gauguin, also a former resident of the area (from 1891-3).[3]

References

  1. ^ Crocombe, R.G. (1988). French Polynesia: a book of selected readings. p. 184. ISBN 9820200326. 
  2. ^ Young, Melanie (22 February 2004). "Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure". Boston Herald. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/548503351.html?dids=548503351:548503351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+22%2C+2004&author=Melanie+Young+%28SPECIAL+TO+THE+HERALD%29&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Pacific+pearls%3B+Gauguin+exhibit+further+polishes+Tahitian+islands%27+allure&pqatl=google. 
  3. ^ a b Goodwin, Bill (2010). Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia. Frommer's. p. 104-5. ISBN 0470618280. 
  4. ^ Williamson, R W (1926). The social and political systems of central Polynesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. 
  5. ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1906). Pacific Islands pilot. US Government Print Office. p. 100.