Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1893 mitoro yaMugari yakawedzerwa kufukidza Gilbert Islands, nechiremera chichiva Resident Commissioner weGilbert neEllice Islands. Swayne akasvika kuGilbert Islands muna October 1893. Mari yaaiwana yaiva £500 pagore, yaibhadharwa nemari yomunzvimbomo. Muna 1895, dzimbahwe renyika yakachengetedzwa rakagadzwa muTarawa risati ratamisirwa kuOcean Island muna 1908, iyo yakaramba iri dzimbahwe kusvika Hondo Yenyika II nekugara kweJapan kweGilbert 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.