Sione Lātūkefu

Reverend Dr.[1] Sione Lātūkefu (10 April 1927 – 2 June 1995)[2][3] was a Tongan historian.

Lātūkefu obtained the degree of Bachelor of Education at the University of Queensland in 1962.[4] He later obtained a doctorate.[5]

He was the first professional historian in Tonga, and, in 1989, founded the Tongan History Association to encourage studies of Tongan history.[6] He was also "instrumental" in establishing the Tonga Research Society.[7]

Bibliography
  • Church and State in Tonga : The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Political Development, 1822-1875, Australian National University Press, 1974, ISBN 0-7081-0402-9
  • The Tongan Constitution: A brief history to celebrate its centenary, Tonga Traditions Committee Publication, 1975, ASIN B0000EDZOX
  • Papua New Guinea: A Century of Colonial Impact, 1884-1984, University of Papua New Guinea, 1989, ISBN 9980-75-022-7
  • "Tonga at Independence and Now", in Brij Lal & Hank Nelson (eds.), Lines Across the Sea: Colonial Inheritance in the Post Colonial Pacific, Brisbane: Pacific History Association, 1995, ISBN 0-646-24640-2; (posthum.)
  • "Pacific Islander Missionaries", in Doug Munro & Andrew Thornley (eds.), The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific, 1996, ISBN 982-02-0126-8; (posthum.)
  • "The Impact of the British on the Tongan Traditional Concept of Justice and Law", in Hermann J. Hiery & John M. MacKenzie (eds.), European Impact and Pacific Influence: British and German Colonial Policy in the Pacific Islands and the Indigenous Response, 1997, ISBN 1-86064-059-1; (posthum.)

References
  1. "HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita opens Tonga Research Society conference 2007", official website of the Tongan government, July 11, 2007
  2. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Latukefu, Sione (1927–1995)
  3. The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific, Doug Munro & Andrew Thornley (eds.), 1996, ISBN 982-02-0126-8
  4. National Library of Australia
  5. "HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita opens Tonga Research Society conference 2007", official website of the Tongan government, July 11, 2007
  6. ""The Tongan History Association"". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Helen Morton, Journal for Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies, June 1998
  7. "HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita opens Tonga Research Society conference 2007", official website of the Tongan government, July 11, 2007

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