311:. Tamaeva, the last independent monarch in the Austral Islands, ceded Rimatara to France the following year, in a declaration dated to 6 June 1901. On 2 September 1901, Rimatara was formally annexed to France in a ceremony officiated by Governor Édouard Georges Théophile Petit. The Queen was represented by her three children: Narii, Tairiata, and Tamatoa. At the end of the transfer, the flag of the protectorate was replaced by the French tricolor with cries of "Vive la République Française" from the populace. The island was incorporated into the territory of French Oceania, today part of the overseas country of
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and became the dominant religion on the island. A church at the capital of Amaru, constructed in 1857 and renovated in 1892, housed the entire island's population of 300 people under its roof. The small kingdom had fashioned its own sovereign flag by 1856. The first law code was introduced in 1877.
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declared a French protectorate. The French sources state that the queen, regent and chiefs had personally petitioned
Governor Lacascade to take over the islands, but British sources believed the whole affair to be largely contrary to the desire of the majority of the islanders. The protectorate
140:. She and her predecessor Tamaeva IV had previously attempted in vain to request a British protectorate to hold off French colonial pressure. This action resulted in the declaration of a French protectorate over Rimatara on 29 March 1889. In 1900, the neighboring kingdom of
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Tamaeva IV on 12 November 1892, Heimataura succeeded as Queen of Rimatara in her own right as Tamaeva V. Under the French protectorate she was allowed to reign with much of the intact native government and laws of the past.
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Rimatara and Rurutu attempted in vain to request a
British protectorate to hold off French colonial aggression. The French responded immediately to what they presumed to be a threat to their interests in the Pacific. On 29 March 1889, the French warship
148:. As the last monarch in the Austral Island group, Tamaeva V ceded Rimatara to the French on 6 June 1901 and the island was formally annexed on 2 September 1901 and incorporated into the territory of French Oceania, today part of the overseas country of
266:, visited Rimatara at the invitation of the adolescent queen and queen regent. During his stay, Vernier witnessed the restoration and reopening of the church in the capital, Amaru, which was celebrated with much fanfare.
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Tamaeva V died in 1923. Her remains were interred in the Royal
Sepulchre at the Cemetery of Amaru, outside the settlement facing the sea; she was laid to rest beside other members of the Tamaeva royal line.
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Lascarde and five French officials and countersigned by the queen, Heimataura, and seven other chiefs or councilors. As a sign of the newly declared protectorate, the
350:; also known as the 'Ura or Kuhl's lorikeet) was saved from extinction by a royal declaration issued by Queen Tamaeva V in 1900. The species was endemic to the southern
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254:. Tamatoa III was later succeeded by his daughter Queen
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89:Royal Sepulchre, Amaru Cemetery
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