Formerly, this village consisted of three tribes, including the Yavusa Nawainovo, where the "Marama na Vunivalu" is from, and which comprises the Mataqali Vunivesi.
Adi Elenoa married the "Gone Toga" of Rewa, Senitiki Tupou, who was the first Fijian magistrate.
He died while serving his judicial duties in Vunidawa and was laid to rest at Namotobau, Seatura, in the District of Rara, Naitasiri.
Since her death in 1930, no-one has been installed into the position, even though the "Turaga ni Yavusa Burenitu" now performs the function of this title.
C, J., (1977), Savage of Bau: being a dramatized history of the first European contacts in the Fiji Islands, the sandalwood trade and its conduct, the rise of the island of Bau under Naulivou the war chief and the career of one Charles Savage, Koa Production, New South Wales.