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Binoka

Gilbertese high chief (d. after 1912)

Tem Binoka (died 10 November 1891) was the fourth high chief (te uea) of Abemama, Kuria and Aranuka, in the Gilbert Islands. He ruled the chiefdom as an

Binoka

State of Abemama

Chiefdom in the Gilbert Islands (1795-1892)

high chiefs in English. From 1850 to 1891, the high chiefs Baiteke and Binoka transformed the State of Abemama into a stratified, centralized autocracy

State of Abemama

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

Gilbert Islands. They spent several months on Abemama with tyrant-chief Tem Binoka, whom Stevenson described in In the South Seas. In 1889, Stevenson visited

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Baiteke

Uea of Abemama, Kuria and Aranuka

European influence. In 1878, Baiteke abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Binoka. Abemama, Kuria, and Aranuka are coral atolls in the Gilbert Islands. According

Baiteke

Bauro Tokatake

I-Kiribati politician (1932–2003)

of the people, and his powers were much inferior to those of Baiteke and Binoka, the 19th-century autocrats of the Kingdom of Abemama.:33 The abolishment

Bauro Tokatake

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Kiribati New Zealanders

Ethnic group

1897, it had merged with J. T. Arundel The schooner Coronet belonging to Binoka of Abemama travels to New Zealand in the 1880s. The New Zealander Albert

Kiribati New Zealanders

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Karotu

South Seas (1896), his great-grandson, Binoka (Tembinok'), remembers seeing Karotu (Teñkoruti) as a child. Binoka described the elderly Karotu as tall,

Karotu

Abemama

Atoll of Kiribati

months on Abemama in 1889. Near Tabontebike is the tomb of tyrant-chief Tem Binoka, who was immortalized by Stevenson in his account of the 1889 voyage of

Abemama

Tekinaiti

Uea of Abemama, Kuria and Aranuka

was challenged on Abemama by supporters of Taburimai, a grand-nephew of Binoka, the "third and ... most infamous of all Uea." This small minority claimed

Tekinaiti

Aranuka

Atoll of Kiribati

another of the Gilbert group. They were then ruled by Tenkoruti's nephew, Tem Binoka. Aranuka Post Office opened around 1924. Aranuka has white sandy beaches

Aranuka

Kuria (atoll)

Atoll in Central Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

another of the Gilbert group. In 1878 Tenkoruti's nephew, Tembinok' or Tem Binoka became the Uea. He acquired firearms and manufactured goods from traders

Kuria (atoll)

Kuria_(atoll)

Robert Corrie

impartial during indigenous wars. In 1880 or 1881, Corrie turned down Tem Binoka when he offered to make Corrie the governor of Maiana if Corrie helped him

Robert Corrie

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1967 Gilbert and Ellice Islands general election

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1967 Gilbert and Ellice Islands general election

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