Samoan advisory council. Established by Wilhelm Heinrich Solf, the German Governor of Samoa, in 1905. Members of the Fono were chosen by the Governor. The Fono a Faipule was abolished in 1957 and replaced by an elected Legislative Assembly (Maoto Fono) as part of the process towards Samoan independance. NOTE: "Fono" is a general word for (among other meanings) meetings. It is often followed by a qualifying term describing what sort of meeting.
Fono a Faipule
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Major-General Sir George Spafford Richardson and the Faipule a Fono, Western Samoa
Date: January 1924
From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PAColl-3799-19
Description: Major-General Sir George Spafford Richardson (second row, centre) Administrator of Western Samoa 1923-1928, and the Fono a Faipule (advisory group), Western Samoa. Photograph taken January 1924 by Alfred John Tattersall. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Faipule Fono - Jan. 1924 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 189 x 241 mm
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Chief Faumuina at Fono
Date: 1930
From: Gleeson, Francis Joseph 1908-1993 :Album of photographs of the Mau uprising, Western Samoa, 1930
Reference: PA1-o-795-14-2
Description: Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u is seen facing the camera among other Samoan men. Behind him can be seen the Fono building, a traditional Samoan structure with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Opening of Avele School in Samoa, showing Member of Parliament Faipule speaking
Date: [ca 1924]
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-445-037
Description: Opening of Avele School in Samoa, showing Member of Parliament Faipule speaking. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1924. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Opening of Avele School. Faipule (MP) speaking. Until 1900, the school system in Samoa was entirely run by the missions - the London Missionary Society, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Latter Day Saints, and Seventh Day Adventists. The first government school system in Western Samoa was established by the German administration of 1900-1914. When New Zealand took over from the Germans, education became part of the New Zealand mandate." (Caption from National Library exhibition `Va'aomanu' an exhibition celebrating the history and culture of Samoa) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.1 x 15.3
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Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Representatives of the Samoan Parliament, Western ...
Date: ca 1925
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951
Reference: PA1-o-446-45
Description: Representatives of the Samoan Parliament, photographed ca 1925 by Alfred James Tattersall. The man standing in the centre, without a tuiga and with his hand on the chair in front of him, is Faumuina Mulinu'u I. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
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Group including Faipule a Fono, Mulinu'u, Samoa
Date: [ca 1924]
From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PICT-000184
Description: Group including Fono a Faipule (advisory group), Mulinu'u, Samoa. Photograph taken circa 1924 by Alfred John Tattersall. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print, and on backing card of print. Date estimated by cataloguer upon comparison with PAColl-3799-19 of a similar group. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Fono [f ?] Faipule, Mulinu'u Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.3 x 20.3 cm
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Meeting of the Faipule, Samoa - Photograph taken by W Walker
Date: [between Sept and Nov 1949]
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s
Reference: 1/2-039883-F
Description: Meeting of the Faipule, Samoa, 1949. Includes the New Zealand High Commissioner to Western Samoa, Guy Powles (centre of table), with the two Fautua, Hon Tamasese (next to Powles), and Hon Malietoa. Also includes the Secretary of Samoan Affairs. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by W Walker. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Guy Powles identified by cataloguer from 1/2-C-025573. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.