Rev. George Brown collection of photographs of Pacific Islands and Islanders

PXA 435

fonds

approximately 1890-1905

Graphic Materials, Photographs

96292

Digitised : Digitised from microfilm in 2022

1287 photographic prints (24 boxes) - albumen, black and white

Photographs of Pacific Islands and Islanders including New Guinea, New Britain, Fiji, Solomons, Tonga and Samoa. Photographs consist largely of posed individual portraits or groups of Islanders in traditional dress, some holding weapons and decorated implements, or in Western attire. Gatherings of Island and Western people in traditional or Western attire at church services and other ceremonies. Other photographs depict local natural features such as beaches, forests, waterfalls and bodies of water. Man-made features, in traditional Islander or in 19th Century Western style include plantations, houses, wharves, streetscapes and other structures. Traditional and Western watercraft such as canoes, sailing vessels and steam ships are also depicted, as are monuments, art and wood carvings.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Due to error in numbering, collection renumbered Sept. 1995, for microfilming
See also Papers of Rev. George Brown (Manuscripts collection, A1686); Autobiography (Manuscripts collection, A4096-7); also ML MSS 263, 952, 1119.
For biographical information about Methodist missionary, George Brown see the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 3 (pp. 256-7)
Some photographs were selected for the 'Portraits of Oceania' exhibition held at The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 August-26 October 1997. These photographs are listed by print number on a note attached inside the lid of PXA 435 Box 1.
Microfilm copy located at CY 3391, frames 1-411 (PXA 435/1-307), CY 3392, frames 1-526 (PXA 435/308-665), CY 3393, frames 1-420 (PXA 435/666-977), CY 3394, frames 1-538 (PXA 435/978-1287)

Captions appear on some of the photographs.