A short-lived unified Fijian monarchy (1871-1874) under Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau — the only formal kingdom of Fiji — which ceded sovereignty to the British Crown in 1874.
Ceded to the United Kingdom on 10 October 1874 when King Cakobau and senior Fijian chiefs signed the Deed of Cession, handing sovereignty to Queen Victoria; Fiji became a British Crown Colony administered by Governor Sir Hercules Robinson and subsequently Sir Arthur Gordon.
Covers the full political history of Fiji including the Kingdom period and cession to Britain.
Classic reference on Fijian history and geography, covering the pre-colonial and early colonial periods.
Scarr's history of pre-cession Fiji — chiefly politics, place, and people across the confederacies and the Cakobau kingdom.
A single-volume history of the island Pacific — broad context for this polity.