Bau (IPA:[mba u]) Beqa ([mbe nga]) Nukulau Viti Levu ([ßi ti le ßu]) The Viti Levu Group in Fiji consists of the island of Viti Levu and its outliers, including Bau, Beqa, and Nukulau. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... Beqa (IPA:) is an island in Fiji, an outlier to the main island of Viti Levu, 10 kilometers to the north. ... Nukulau Island is a small islet belonging to Fiji. ... Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. ...
Archipelagos Kadavu Group ([ka nda βu]) Lau Islands Lomaiviti Islands ([lo mai βi ti]) Vanua Levu Group ([βa nu a le βu]) Viti Levu Group ([βi ti le βu]) Yasawa Islands Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... Vanua Levu is the second largest island of Fiji, and was formerly known as Sandalwood Island. ... Map of Fiji, showing Kadavu to the South of Viti Levu Kadavu is the fourth largest island in the Republic of Fiji, and the largest island in the Kadavu Group, which are comprised of Kadavu, Ono, Galoa and a number of smaller islands. ... Taveuni is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, and has a population of around 12,000. ... Rotuma - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Rotuma (including the islands of Hatana, Hofliua, Rotuma, Solkope, Solnohu and Uea) are volcanic islands of approximately 43 square kilometers, located at 12°35′ S 177°10′ E, approximately 465 kilometers north of Fiji. ... The Kadavu Group is an archipelago south of Viti Levu, one of Fijis two main islands. ... The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. ... The Lomaiviti archipelago of Fiji consists of seven main islands and a number of smaller ones. ... The Vanua Levu Group is an archipelago in northern Fiji. ... The Viti Levu Group in Fiji consists of the island of Viti Levu and its outliers, including Bau, Beqa, and Nukulau. ... The Yasawa Group is a group of about 20 volcanic islands in the Western Division of Fiji, with an approximate total area of 135km2. ...
Bau is a small island in Fiji, off the east coast of the main island of Viti Levu. The island has a historical and political importance beyond its size, being the capital of the Kubuna Confederacy and the seat of the Vunivalu of Bau, considered Fiji's highest-ranked chief. Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. ... Capital City redirects here. ... Kubuna is one of three confederacies which comprise Fijis House of Chiefs, to which all of Fijis chiefs belong. ... The Vunivalu of Bau is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, and is generally considered to be the highest chiefly title in Fiji. ... Ratu is a title inherited by Fijians of chiefly rank. ...
Among Bau's landmarks are Fiji's oldest Christianchurch and a stone on which the skulls of cannibalism victims were crushed. History Main article: History of Christianity See also: Timeline of Christianity The history of Christianity is difficult to extricate from that of the European West (and several other culture-regions) in general. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557 as described by Hans Staden. ...
Many of Fiji's leaders have been natives of Bau. Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu from 1852 to 1883, was the first to unite all of Fiji's disparate tribes under his authority and was crowned Tui Viti (King of Fiji) in 1871. It was Cakobau who ceded Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1874. A descendant of his, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, also held the Vunivalu title and served as Governor-General from 1973 to 1983. Fiji's current Vice-President, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, is also a Bauan chief. Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (1815-1883) was King of Fiji from 8 December 1852 to 10 October 1874, when he ceded his country to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Ratu Sir George Cakobau (1912-1989) was Governor General of Fiji from 1972 to 1982. ... Fiji became a British Crown Colony in 1874, and an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth in 1970. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fijian vice-presidency is a mostly ceremonial office. ... Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi (born 1957) is the Vice-President of Fiji. ...
The Fijian language has many dialects, but the speech of Bau Island is the official standard. Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji. ...
Bau, which was to play the leading part in the events of the nineteenth century, was as yet relatively unimportant, her chiefs having but recently seized the island stronghold from which, in due cour5se, they dominated a large part of the Grouip.
The rise of Bau was rapid, and was due partly to the natural ability of her chiefs, and partly to the advantages gained from the first use of firearms.
The Bauchiefs, in describing the incident to Wilkes, cynically claimed to have given the French permission to destroy Viwa, as it was nothing, and its destruction would satisfy the foreigners; but they took care that nothing of value was lost, for they warned the Viwa people and aided their flight.
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