'Genealogies and histories of the Matanitu or tribal governments of Central Vitu Levu (Great Fiji)', 141 pages. The volume contains notes on the genealogies of various Fiji tribes, translated by Brewster from written and oral sources, and a strip of photographs of four generations of the Royal Line of Mbau.
Genealogies and histories of Fiji tribes
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 314
- Dates of Creation
- 1930
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume paper/photograph
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Adolf Brewster Brewster (1854-1937), formerly Adolf Brewster-Joske, went to Fiji in 1870 with a group of settlers granted land with the Polynesia Company. He entered the Colonial Service after the plantations failed, and remained in Fiji until 1910, when he retired to England. He published two books, 'The hills tribes of Fiji' (1922) and 'King of the Cannibal Isles' (1937).
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Acquisition Information
Presented by the Revd Dr D.P. Brewster, great-nephew of Adolf Brewster Brewster, October 1995.
Note
Includes index.
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Additional Information
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Brewster, Adolf Brewster, 1854-1937, anthropologist