Successor to the collapsed 1865 Fijian Confederacy, covering Lau, Cakaudrove, and Bua under Tongan prince Ma'afu; ended with Fiji's cession to Britain in 1874.
Dissolved on 10 October 1874 when Ma'afu and other senior Fijian chiefs signed the Deed of Cession, absorbing the Confederation of Lau and all of Fiji into the British Crown Colony of Fiji.
Definitive biography of the founder of the Confederation of Lau; covers the confederation's formation, politics, and dissolution upon cession to Britain in 1874. Confirmed via ANU Press, Amazon (ISBN 9781925021172), WorldCat, and JSTOR.
Covers the split of the 1865 Confederacy into the Kingdom of Bau and the Confederation of Lau, and subsequent Fijian political history to 1874. Confirmed via Internet Archive, AbeBooks, Amazon, and Google Books.
A single-volume history of the island Pacific — broad context for this polity.