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 1922 until his death in 1927, and a museum dedicated to the French painter Paul Gauguin, also a former resident of the area (from 1891-3). [3]
References
- ^ Crocombe, R.G. (1988). French Polynesia: a book of selected readings. p. 184. ISBN 982-02-0032-6.
- ^ Young, Melanie (22 February 2004). "Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure". Boston Herald.
- ^ a b Goodwin, Bill (2010). Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia. Frommer's. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-470-61828-0.
- ^ Williamson, R W (1926). The social and political systems of central Polynesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 174.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1906). Pacific Islands pilot. US Government Print Office. p. 100.