Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol. XIX. No. 1.

August, 1948

tablished 1930.

it tfy C.P.0. ; Syd7ie^Ml < k§nsmission by post as a newspaper

THE HISTORIC ISLAND OF BAU, off the east of Viti Levu. phouographed forthe first time from the air. Less than a mile long, Baau was once the centre of the Fijan world. It was the strongh of Cakobau, “King” of Fiji, and of all his family, befre whom the chiefs of other districts owned subjection. To come from Bau was to give a man a definite status. Bau, and the traditions for which it stands, is still a powerful influence in Fijian life. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.