Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1893 mabasa eResident akawedzerwa kuti afukidze Gilbert Islands, uye zita racho rakava Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Swayne akasvika kuGilbert Islands muna October 1893. Mari yaaiwana yaiva £500 pagore, yaibhadharwa nemari yomunzvimbomo. Muna 1895, dzimbahwe remuchengeti rakagadzwa muTarawa risati ratamisirwa kuOcean Island muna 1908, uko kwakaramba kuri dzimbahwe kusvika Hondo Yenyika II uye Hondo Yenyika II.
Kugara kweJapan muGilbert Islands. Gilbert Islands neEllice Islands zvakava makoroni akaparadzana muna 1976, asi zvakaramba zviri pasi pomubati mumwe chete. Mushure mekusununguka kweTuvalu (Ellice Islands) muna 1978, chinzvimbo ichi chakatumidzwa zita rekuti Gavhuna weGilbert Islands kusvika kuzvimiririra kweKiribati gore rakatevera.