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Feb 18, 2023 · Possibly photographed by F. Dufty, December 1876. Origins. IN 1874, thirteen Fijian chiefs headed by the Vunivalu, Ratu Seru Cakobau, ceded Fiji to Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Empress of India, was on the throne. Her Prime Minister at the time was the Conservative statesman, Benjamin Disraeli. Under the Deed of Cession, the chiefs on behalf ...
Mar 3, 2024 · 'Times have changed' The Great Council of Chiefs (GCC), known as Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian, dates back to colonial times. Established in 1876, the council was used as an advisory body for the ...
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The Great Council of Chiefs in its most recent form was established under Section 116 of the now-defunct 1997 Constitution, but it actually predated the Constitution by many years, having been established by the British colonial rulers as an advisory body in 1876, two years after Fiji was ceded to the United Kingdom.
Jan 30, 2017 · A brief history of chiefly leadership in Fiji highlighting the political dimensions of invoking tradition as a legitimizing force in nationalist movements; and the present status of the Great ...
Nov 23, 2023 · Great Council of Chiefs. The Bose Levu Vakaturaga was a formal gathering of Fiji's indigenous (iTaukei) chiefs. It was established by the British Colonial Government in 1875 as an advisory body and named the Council of Chiefs (the term “Great” was added sometime later in the twentieth century). The complex at Draiba was completed in 2009 ...
The House of Chiefs in Fiji consists of the Fijian nobility, composed of about seventy chiefs of various ranks, majority of which are related. It is not a formal political body and is not the same as the former Great Council of Chiefs, which was a political body with a prescribed constitutional role, although the membership of the two bodies did overlap to a great extent.
Feb 18, 2023 · The great council of chiefs. 2023-02-18 -. IN 1874, thirteen Fijian chiefs headed by the Vunivalu, Ratu Seru Cakobau, ceded Fiji to Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Empress of India, was on the throne. Her Prime Minister at the time was the Conservative statesman, Benjamin Disraeli. Under the Deed of Cession, the chiefs on behalf of the Fijian ...
