Albert Park (Suva)

Albert Park
Type	Municipal
Location	Suva, Fiji
Coordinates	18°08′50″S 178°25′30″E / 18.1473°S 178.4249°E / -18.1473; 178.4249
Visitors	unknown
Open	All year

Albert Park is located in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It was named after Prince Albert, the Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, to whom the country was ceded in 1874.^{[citation needed]}

Albert Park can hold two rugby matches at one time. There is also a hockey pitch located in the middle of the ground with a grandstand and a cafeteria. The annual hibiscus festival is also held there.^[1]

The park was the site of a landing by the Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith during the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia in 1928.^[2] It was also the site of the first hoisting of the new national flag of Fiji on 9 October 1970.^{[citation needed]}