| WAIKIKI NIGHTS |
| A HONOLULU STREET THEATER CLASSIC |
| Selected Chronology of Hawaiian History...cont. Sal P. Buonocore |
1848
The Great Mahele, or division of lands, is proclaimed by Kamehameha III. The Mahele
provided a basis for changing the old feudal tenures to modern land titles in the islands.
Few Hawaiian commoners, however, understood the concept of private ownership.
Sustained by a tradition of sharing and common use where everyone had rights of access
and use of resources, by the end of the 19th century the Great Mahele had become a great
dispossession for native Hawaiians, leaving foreigners with 90% control of the land.
1850
Honolulu is officially declared a city. The legislature authorizes the hiring of foreign
laborers to work in island fields. Over the next half-century workers from China, Japan,
Portugal and other countries immigrate to Hawai’i. The first Mormon missionaries arrive
from California.
1852
Chinese contract laborers arrive in Hawai’i.
The Great Mahele, or division of lands, is proclaimed by Kamehameha III. The Mahele
provided a basis for changing the old feudal tenures to modern land titles in the islands.
Few Hawaiian commoners, however, understood the concept of private ownership.
Sustained by a tradition of sharing and common use where everyone had rights of access
and use of resources, by the end of the 19th century the Great Mahele had become a great
dispossession for native Hawaiians, leaving foreigners with 90% control of the land.
1850
Honolulu is officially declared a city. The legislature authorizes the hiring of foreign
laborers to work in island fields. Over the next half-century workers from China, Japan,
Portugal and other countries immigrate to Hawai’i. The first Mormon missionaries arrive
from California.
1852
Chinese contract laborers arrive in Hawai’i.
