The most powerful of the three traditional Fijian confederacies, centered on Bau island off eastern Viti Levu; under Cakobau, it became the dominant force in 19th-century Fiji before cession to Britain.
Dissolved as a sovereign political entity upon British colonial annexation of Fiji on 10 October 1874, when Cakobau (head of the Kubuna confederacy and King of Fiji) and senior chiefs signed the Deed of Cession; traditional chiefly structures were retained under British indirect rule.
Covers the rise of Bau/Kubuna and the consolidation of chiefly power in 19th-century Fiji.
Historical account of Fijian chiefly politics and the three confederacies.
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.