 In the late-19th century, the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson owned a estate at Vailima village and died there in 1894.He is buried at the top of Mount Vaea above his former home.The Vailima estate was purchased in 1900 as the official residence for the German governor and, after British/Dominion confiscation, served successively as residence for the New Zealand administrator and for the Samoan head of state after independence.