Rotuma Bibliography

SUBJECT INDEX

Numbers refer to entries in the main body of the bibliography.

Acculturation - 211
Adolescence (See Youth)
Adoption - 915
Agriculture - 1-13
Ahoi - 193
Air-raid shelters - 572
Algae - 61-69
Alligator - 957
Amateur-radio - 179-184
Americans - 383, 520
Anchorages - 779, 787
Animals - 25, 384b, 640
Annual reports - 435, 614
Anthropology - 14-33
Archaeology - 34-7
Art - 221, 358
Atua - 698, 821 (See also Spirits)

Bananas - 328
Bathymetry - 780, 783-4, 788
Bats - 967
Beachcombers - 501, 505
Beliefs - 199 (See also Religion)
Bibles - 836-40
Bibliographies - 38-46
Biogeography - 63, 419-21
Biographies - 47-60
Birds (See Ornithology)
Boat (See Shipping Service)
Body - 210
Bomb tragedy - 568-9, 577-8
Book reviews - 859-80
Botany - 61-99
-Aquatic (See Algae)
-Terrestrial - 70-92
Borabora, ancestral homeland Rotuma - 449
Buildings - 679, 704
Bulou-ni-ceva 360b
Burial practices - 20, 36

Cannibalism
- Absence of - 318
- Chiefs and - 800
- Rotuman cannibalized in Fiji - 278
Cannons - 496-7
Canoes - 189, 192-3
Castaways (See Beachcombers; Convicts)
Cathechisms - 841-53
Catholic Church (History) - 123-38
Caroline Islands - 489
Cattle - 749
Calvert, Rev. J. - 261
Caves - 427, 510
Census (Population) - 238-40, 242-9, 252
Cession - 100-107
Chants (See also Dancing) - 224
Chiefs - 797-801, 804-5, 808
Choir - (See Hymns)
Church history - 108-72
Cinema - 594
Ciguatera - 353
Citrus - 1-2, 8
Clowning - 230-4, V7
Coastal processes - 429
Cocoa - 12
Coconuts - 194, 387 (See also Copra)
Coconut Graters - 187
Colonial Era - 541-64
Communications - 173-84
Conservatism - 797
Consanguinity - 928
Convicts - 455-6
Cooking - 20, 97, 194, 225
Co-operatives - 932
Copra - 178, 298, 387
Coral reefs - 733-5
Cornish, A. E. - 565
Coups - 791-2
Craniology - 14-16
Culture - 185-237
- Material cuture - 185-96
- Social culture - 197-237
Curcuma domestica - 98 (See also Turmeric)
Curcuma longa - 94 (See also Turmeric)
Customs - 199, 213, 216, 218, 225
Cuttle-fish deity - 319

Dalo (See Taro)
Dancing - 218, 220-2, 584, V9
Death - 209, 814
Decision-making - 603
Demography - 238-52
Development - 253-60
Diaries - 261-83
Dictionaries - 657-8, 660, 663, 665
Dillon, P. - 474
Disability - 931
Discovery (of Rotuma) - 284-96
Disputes - 919
Dissertations / Theses - 935-51, PMB microfilm reel 157
District Office - 565, 608, 616
Drama - (See Plays)
Dress - 17 (See also Tapa)

Early inhabitants (See Natives)
Early habitations 474
Echinoderms 739c
Economy - 297-308
Education - 309-316, 404c
Educational material - 311, 313, 315-6
Electoral rolls - 613
Emigration - 422-4 (See also Migration)
Emoia nigra - 960 (See also Herpetology)
Enculturation - 203
Entertainment - 594
Entomology - 952-3
Erromanga - 116
Ethnobiology - 701
Ethnobotany - 93-9
Ethnology - 317-50
Exports (See Economy)

FAD (See Fish aggregating device)
Fairstar (Ship) - 365-6, 406
Fakafanua - 474
Family - 30, 933
Family jokes - (See Te samuga)
Famine - 474
Fara - 399, 403, 826=V9
Fauna (See Zoology)
Feasting - 394, 399, 584
Ferns - 87-8
Fiction - 723
Fish aggregating device - 360
Fish poisoning - 353, 389
Fishes - (See Ichthyology)
Fishing 184b, 351-2, 355-60
- Use of poisons - 355
Fishhooks 184b, 354
Flora (See Botany)
Foley, Bishop V. F. 128
Fossils 739e
Futuna / Wallis - 118, 319, 343, 452

Gagaj Sau Lagfatmaro (See Gibson, Henry)
Games - 219, 224
Gardens - 9
Gecko (See Reptiles)
Genealogy - 30, 541
Geography - 361-424
Geology - 425-36
Ghosts - See Spirits
Gibson, Frederick H. (1886-1945) - 574
Gibson, Harold Laurence (1917-51) - 594, 612
Gibson, Henry - 789-90, 792-4
GIS (Geographic Information System) - 375
Gold - 300
Grammars - 655-9, 661-2
Graveyards - 33, 36, 59, 296, 388, 564, 643

Hån mane ' åk su - 230-5
Handicraft (See Weaving)
Hawai'ian in Rotuma (Babahey) - 474
Hawai'ian Sau of Rotuma - 556
Healers (See Medicine / Healing)
Herbal medicine - 93-5, 98-9
Herbarium vouchers - 65, 77-80, 82-4
Heroes - 52, 567
Herpetology - 954-60
History 184b, 437-594
Holothurians 739b
Honesty of early converts - 506
Hospital 404c
Houses (See also Buildings) 184b, 259-60, 704
House foundations - 20, 36
Hunting - 358
Hurricanes - 298, 389, 583, 586
- 1874 hurricane - 389
- Hurricane Bebe - 298, 586
- Damage - 586
- Effect on economy - 298
Hymns - 854-6

Ichthyology - 961-5
Idioms - 702, 712
Independence - 788b-94
Inia, Wilson - 52, 399
Insects (See Entomology)
Invertebrates 739b-e
Isolation - 178, 742
Itumuta - 580, 611, 617

Jacobsen, C. - 570
Japanese soldiers, WW II - 571
Journals (See Diaries)

Kapok - 10-11, 574
Kava - 20, 92, 394, 584
Kidnapping - 506
Kings - 394, 556, 796, 799
Kinship - 234, 914, 916, 921, 923
Kiribati (Planned takeover of Rotuma by Kiribas king) - 502
Koria - 193

La Pérouse - 285, 474
Land tenure - 595-606
Land use - 432
Language (See Linguistics)
Labour - 116, 300, 304, 503
Laws and regulations - 607-18
Leadership - 795-808
Leefe, R. B. - 351
Legends - 619-54
Legge, Jessie - 581
Lepers - 740-1
Lepidodactylus gardineri - 958, 960 (See also Herpetology)
Linguistics - 655-721
Literature - 722-3
Lizards - 960 (See also Herpetology)
Lumu (See Algae)
Lyth, Rev. R. B. - 149

Maftoa - 399
Mail service - 178
Malhaha 434b, 796
Mamasa ceremony - 226-8
Manaki, Pauriase - 611, 617
Maoris - 438, 448
Maps - 414-7
Marine resources - 724-39
Marriage - 229-237
Mats (See Weaving)
Medicine / Healing 404c, 740-751
Mekaere, Antonio - 580, 611, 617
Mena (See Turmeric)
Metaphors - 701
Meteorology 286, 289b
Methodist Church - 139-72
Metroxylon warburgii - 75, 96 (See also Botany, Terrestrial)
Migration - 752-75
Military intervention - 790, 792
Military Medal - 567
Missen & Gibson - 574
Missionaries - 45, 53, 57-8, 111, 261
Missionary reports (See Church History)
Molluscs 739d-e
Molmahao Clan - 789-90, 792-4
Monarchy (See Kings)
Money (See Economy)
Morality - 303, 920
Mosses - 70
Motor vehicles - 400
Movie houses (See Cinema)
Motusa - 351, 387
Mua - 317
Murder - 611-2, 617
Music (See also Dancing; Hymns) - 221, 223-4
MV Mirrabooka - 579
Myths / Mythology (See Legends)

Natives - 20, 184b, 317-8, 326, 342
Nautical reports - 776-88
Navigation (See also Seafaring) - 752-62, 764-5
Navy - 584
Newspaper articles - 118, 140, 176, 396-7, 452, 587, PMB microfilm reel 159(11)

Oil depot 404c
Oinafa - 154, 399, 406, 429, 474
Oinatha (early spelling of Oinafa) - 474
Oral history - 651 (See also Legends)
Oranges (See Citrus)
Origins (See Migrations)
Ornaments - 17
Ornithology - 966-8

Palms - 75, 96
Pandanus - 90
Pandora, H. M. S. - 289, 294
Parks and reserves - 367
Pastimes (See Games)
Pepjei - 568-9, 577-8
Philately - 463
Philosophy - 671, 810, 812, 815, 822
Phycology (See Algae)
Pigeon-shooting 213
Pigs 404c
Plants (See Botany)
Plays - 722
Politics - 788b-808
Pompallier, Bishop - 53
Population (See Census; Demography)
Prehistory - 375, 451
Premarital sex - 920
Prostitution, absence of - 506
Pure - 317

Radiotelephone - 173-7 (See also Amateur-Radio)
Raho - 796
Rebellion - 793, 800
Religion - 809-835
Religious publications - 836-858
Religious wars - 108, 112
Reptiles (See Herpetology)
Rigamoto, Sergeant J. - 567
Rivalry - 801
Roads - 615
Rotuma Council - 607
Rotuman-language documents - 881-909
Royalty (See Kings)
Russia - 782

Sago (See Palms)
Sam-Tutuk - 193
Samoans - 654, 774
Sandalwood - 516
Satellite link - 175-6
Sau (See Kings)
Schools 404c
School publications (See Educational Material)
Seafaring - 752-62, 764-5
Sea rights - 605
Seaweeds (See Algae)
Seismology 435c
Separatist movement - 789-90, 792-4
Servant, L. C. - 136
Settlement - 760
Sexuality - 20, 920
Sharks - 351, 356, 965
Ship logs - 262, 264-5, 273, 276
Shipping service - 178, 781, 360b
Shipping / Nautical Reports - 776-88
Sibling classification - 927-8
Slack, Tim - 140
Slavery (See Labour)
Snakes - 323, 466 (See also Herpetology)
Sociology - 910-934
Soil - 431-4
Songs - 224, 763
Soul - 812
Spirits - 698, 815-6, 818-9, 821
Sports 224
Spring (freshwater) 434b
Stamps (See Philately)
Stones - 822-3
Sugar cane - 639
Sumi Catholic Mission - 125, PMB microfilm reel 159(9) (See also Catholic Church; Church History)
Superstition - 319, 323, 399, 466, 813, 816
- Snake reverence - 323, 466

Tabua, exchange of - 522
Taf'ag - 193
Tahiti - 75
Tahroro - 194
Takalaigau - PMB microfilm reel 158
Tapa - 190
Taro - 81, 319
Tattooing - 190, 318, 322, 327
Taukave, F. 435c
Te samuga - 234, 553
Theses (See Dissertations)
Thurston, Sir John B. - 563-4
Titifanua, Mesulame - PMB microfilm reel 158
Tikopia - 444-5
Tobacco, as currency - 522
Tombs (See Graveyards)
Tonga - 37, 342, 446
- Rotuman lineage in, - 446
Tortoises - 954
Tools - 20, 36, 185-7
Totemism - 813
Tourism - 365-6, 373, 379, 404, 406
Tuberculosis - 749
Turmeric - 94, 98
Turtles - 389
Traditional skills (See Weaving)

Uea Island 184b
Urbanisation (See also Migration) - 258, 260
Utoi - 128
Uvea - 320

Vak - 193 (See also Canoes)
Vanuatu, Rotuman labourers in - 506
Vernacular literature (See Rotuman-Language Documents)
Vertebrates - 959
Veterinary science - 749
Volcanoes - 466 (See also Geology)
Voyage reports (See Discovery, Geography)

Wallis and Futuna (See Futuna)
Wallis, Mary - 278
Wars - 108, 112, 805
Water supply - 426, 428, 431b, 434b, d , 435b
Weapons - 185
Weaving 184b, 196, 384b
Wedding (See Marriage)
Whalers - 195
Wharf - 429
Williams, Rev. Thomas 267
Winds 289b
World War II - 567-9, 571-3, 577-8

Yanawai - 582
Youth - 910

Zoology - 952-68