Reverend George Brown : [Album of photographs including Duke of York Island, New Britain and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Samoa, Fiji and Tonga], ca. 1875-1881

PXA 924

fonds

1875-1881

Graphic Materials, Photographs

412825

1 album (81 photoprints) - 31 x 25.5 cm. - albumen

1. Samoan house on Mission Station
2. Mission House Point, Port Hunter
3. View from Mission House, Kabakadai
4. The graves of our little ones
5. Natives of Duke of York
6. Native Ministers House, Kabakadai, New Britain
7. Native women, New Ireland, returning from work
8. Native village, New Ireland
9. South Point of Port Hunter
10. The Cemetery, Port Hunter
11. Samoan House
12. The Duk Duk and Sacred Canoe
13-14. Natives of Duke of York Ils
15. Teacher's House, New Ireland
16. Scene on Mission Station, Port Hunter
17. Natives giving presents on our coming away
18. Natives and houses, Duke of York
19. River scene, New Ireland
20. Canoe & Natives, Duke of York Island
21. Outhouses at Port Hunter
22. River scene New Ireland
23. The Marquis de Ray's settlement at Irish Cove
24. Natives and house, New Ireland
25. Native Church, Molst, Duke of York Island
26. The Cemetery, Port Hunter
27. Natives and houses, New Ireland
28. Natives and house, New Ireland
29. Coast scene, New Ireland
30. The French colonists whom we rescued
31. Sacred canoe
32. The first Church and our first converts
33. Teachers house, family and natives
34. Duke of York Village and natives
35. Natives giving presents on our coming away
36. Fijian club dance
37. Teacher's House, New Britain
39. New Britain women
40. Duke of York women
41. Duke of York natives after a dance
43. Port Hunter, Duke of York
44. French colonists, New Ireland
45. New Ireland village scene
46-47. Mission House, Kabakadai, New Britain
48. The teachers employed in New Britain District in 1880
49. Teachers from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga New Britain District 1880
50. Lavinia Bay, Met[lik?], New Ireland
51. French Colonists, New Ireland
52. Metlik[?], Lavinia Bay ("Likiliki")
53. Native Village, New Ireland
54. The graves of our children (Wallis & Mabel)
61. A Samoan woman
62. S.S. "Ripple" and Sch. [i.e. schooner] "Atlantic" in Port Hunter
63. [two women and child]
64. Tausaoln, a Chief of Matapit, New Britain
65. Aminio Bale and wife
66. Kaplen, a Duke of York native
67. Mission House, Port Hunter
68. [Male with woman breastfeeding a baby]
69. Patauiro[?], a Duke of York woman
70. Ilaita, a Chief of New Britain
71. Samoan women
72. To Pulu (King Dick) & wives
73. Mesake Bahulu, a Tongan Minister and two N. Britain boys
74. Peni Lelei & wife, D. of York
75. Maruwaruno, a Duke of York Chief & family (part only)
76. [man and two women]
77. To Pulu (King Dick) & wives
78. Itione & Metala, Samoan teacher & wife
79. Samoan women
80. Sosetene & Sieni, a Samoan teacher & wife
81. See 72 & 77 [To Pulu & wives)
82. Malata & Satesa, a Samoan teacher & wife
83. Liblib, a Duke of York Chief
84. Samoan women
85. Duke of York native
86. Duke of York natives
87. Samoan woman
88. Duke of York children
89. Tingtal, a Duke of York woman & two Fijian women

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

No images for numbers 38, 42, 55-60 and 90-96
The following persons have been identified by Dr. Helen Gardner, Deakin University, Jan. 2004: nos. 40 & 54 Geoffrey & Lydia Brown ; no.41 Geoffrey Brown ; no.45 Lydia Brown ; no.63 Mrs Danks, Lydia & Geoffrey ; no.68 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Danks and baby son ; no.76 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Danks.

Numbers -- recorded in blue pencil beside images
Captions -- handwritten below each image

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