Photographs of Papua, Australia and Lord Howe Island, ca. 1907-1953 / taken by C. Price Conigrave, with some photographs by Goverment Printer and postcards

PXA 36

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ca. 1907-1953

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

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257 photographs and postcards - various sizes

Photographs have been divided into parts by subject matter as follows:

Part 1. Melville and Bathurst Islands and the Northern Territory adjacent to these Islands
p.1 Aboriginal bark shelter Darwin coast
p.2 Native Tree Burial in Northen Territory
p.3 Aboriginals showing tribal soars near Mount Casuarina
p.4 Apsley Strait between Melville & Bathurst Island showing Mission Station
p.5 On board lugger
p.6 Apsley Strait Melville & Bathurst Islands.
p.7 Eating mangrove wood fish.
p.8 Melville Island Natives.
p.9 Mendil ? Beach.
p.10 "In his native haunts". North Australian Aboriginal man in mangrove jungle. Bathurst Island.
p.11 Bathurst Island Northen Territory.
p.12 Mangrove jungle Melville Island.
p.13 A Melville Islander (Northen Territory) in his native haunts.
p.14 Burial Corroboree Melville or Bathurst Island.
p.15 Burial Corroboree Melville or Bathurst Island.
p.16 Burial Corroboree Melville or Bathurst Island.
p.17 Burial Corroboree Melville or Bathurst Island.
p.18 [Burial ground] Bathurst Island [or Melville Island ]
p.19 "Gunga Dhin" Bathurst Island
p.20 Bathurst Island woman.
p.21 Bathurst Island. [shows head of Aboriginal man]
p.22 Bathurst Island.
p.23 Bathurst Island men.
p.24 All Malawilla men Bathurst Island
p.25 Arrapoola men Bathurst Island.
p.26 Bathurst Island men. asleep on sand ]
p.27 Bathurst Island girl.
p.28 Bathurst Island man showing fan leaf pattern of tattooing.
p.29 Bathurst Island man showing fan leaf pattern of tattooing.
p.30 Bathurst Island man 6' 2" in height showing curly nature of hair
p.31 A link with the past. Port Essington native, over 90 years of age who remembered foundation of Port Essington in 1837
p.32 Bathurst Island [shows head of Aboriginal man with painted beard]
p.33 Bathurst Island natives Northen Territory.
p.34 Cycad Palms on Melville Island. Arboreal White Ants' termitarium showing on tree on left at height of 60 feet from ground.
p.35 Bathurst Island Mission.
p.36 Bathurst Island Mission Station in 1914.
p.37 Night Camp Bathurst Island. Gerald F.Hill at tent.
p.38 Thunder cloud 's Western coast Bathurst Island.


Part 2. Papuans and Papua. Photographs taken on an expediiton during 1928-1929 including Port Moresby and Yule Island, Meko, Arapokina,
p.1 [Post card showing Papuan tree-house]
p.2 [Papuan in headdress and beads.]
p.3 [Papuan in ceremonial costume.]
p.4 Kinoli and Obwaiau
p.5 Dr.Brooke Nicholls (left) & C.Price Conigrave (right) 1928/1929 expedition to Central Papua
p.6 On Lakatoi [a native boat]
p.7 On Lakatoi [a native boat] [Postcards]
p.8 On Lakatoi [a native boat] [Postcards]
p.9 On Lakatoi [a native boat] [Postcards]
p.10 On Lakatoi [a native boat] [Postcards]
p.11 Conigrave at ... on a Lakatoi native trading canoe
p.12 On board Lakatoi [ showing Papuan woman ] Port Moresby
p.13 Boys on Port Moresby Wharf
p.14 DUBU or Men's House Gulf of Papua
p.15 Head dresses LAVAU used in KAIVA-KUKU Ceremonies.
p.16 Village Scene Orokoto
p.17 Entrance of a Mens house, DUBU at Orokoto
p.18 A Village scene at PAI - IA - A a KORIKI Village Purari Delta
p.19 KOIS made from the canoe of a dead man who was a member of the DUBU pact.
p.20 A Village scene at Village, Purari Delta [ 'D. D.' ]
p.21 Portion of native village of Elevala, near Port Moresby
p.22 Elevala
p.23 Village children Elevala
p.24 Lakatoi boys Elevala
p.25 Papuan Lakatoi just about to leave on annual tribal cruise to the western coast on barter expedition
p.26 Portrait taken at Yule Island.
p.26 C.Price Conigrave & Ici - va Yule Island. 1928
p.27 Two of the expedition Cookie & shoot boys
p.28 On of our carry-boys on the expedition to Central Papuan mountains.
p.29 Father Leon Bourjade's grave Yule Island.
p.30 Citation signed by Military Governor of Paris ( World War 1 ) extolling exploits of Leon Bourjade ( afterwards priest who died on Yule Island. p.31 The Citation hangs in the Refectory. Yule Island Mission )
p.32 Yule Island Mission Station
p.33 Evening Yule Island
p.34 Drying bark for fibre
p.35 Kairuke Beach Yule Island
p.36 Cheria, Yule Island
p.37 Arbeapulow ( policeman wife ) Cheria
p.37 A Papuan Belle Yule Island
p.38 Torto ici Yule Island
p.39 Central Papuan mother, showing mode of children being carried in string bags
p.40 Mode adopted by Papuan women in carrying their off spring.
p.41 Village girls, Yule Island.
p.42 A Village Beauty Yule Island. Papua
p.43 Village girl, Island of Cheria, Papua, wearing Tortoise shell ear ornaments and necklace of Wild Dog Teeth.
p.44 [The same girl seated on end of a canoe ] at Cheria Yule Island.
p.45 Girl wearing Dog-teeth and Opercula necklets and tortoise shell earrings. Cheria, Yule Island, Central Papua
p.46 Enlarged duplicate of Girl wearing Dog-teeth and Opercula necklets and tortoise shell earrings. Cheria, Yule Island, Central Papua
p.47 Native woman with child in string bag on back] At Cheris Yule Island.
p.48 Torto ici [on right] Tieta tabessie Spring on Yule Island
p.49 Banea (Mary) Arbeapulow (on left)
p.50 Clay pit Yule Island
p.51 [Enlarged duplicate of no.49] Banea (Mary) Arbeapulow (on left)
p.52 Getting water at sundown Yule Island
p.53 Expedition leaving Yule Island for Arapokina
p.54 Carry-boys and equipment just before leaving Arapokina for mountains
p.55 Duplicate reduced size of Carry-boys and equipment just before leaving Arapokina for mountains
p.56 Near Yule Island
p.57 Going upstream to Arapokina, Papua.
p.58 Canoe boy en route to Aropokina
p.59 Village of Inawabui, Mekeo district, Papua
p.60 Coconuts being dried for copra. Village of Inawabui, Central Papua
p.61 Coconuts being dried for copra. Village of Inawabui, Central Papua
p.62 Suspension Bridge over Kabuna River
p.63 Native suspension bridge over Kabuna River Papua
p.64 Suspension bridge Kabuna Mekeo
p.65 C.Price Conigrave. having drink of coconut milk Mekeo
p.66 Mekeo boy
p.67 Mekeo natives with many pronged fishing spears
p.68 Natives of Mekeo district, Papua
p.69 Mekeo
p.70 Bioto boy
p.71 Inawabui boy
p.72 Central Papuan native holding 'Lime Pot
p.73 Village boys including "ibitois",Inawabui Mekeo district.
p.74 At Dilava Mission Central Papua from left Father Moyon
p.75 Mountain village people beyond Dilava
p.76 Mountain village beyond Dilava
p.77 Mountain village beyond Dilava
p.78 Mountain home beyond Dilava Central Papua
p.79 Native suspension bridge, Yakuluma River, Owen Stanley Ranges, Papua
p.80 Village girls at Huanabada, Central Papua

Part 3. Wild birds on the Cocos Islands
p.1 [Man holding birds by wings to show heir wing-span on the Cocos Keeling Islands. Titled on back 'Cocos' in ink ]
p.2 [Wild birds Cocos Keeling Island.] [This indentification from title 'Wild Birds on North Keeling' in pencil on back of no.5. Others titled in ink "Cocos' ]
p.3 [Wild birds Cocos Keeling Island.] [This indentification from title 'Wild Birds on North Keeling' in pencil on back of no.5. Others titled in ink "Cocos' ]
p.4 [Wild birds Cocos Keeling Island.] [This indentification from title 'Wild Birds on North Keeling' in pencil on back of no.5. Others titled in ink "Cocos' ]
p.5 [Wild birds Cocos Keeling Island.] [This indentification from title 'Wild Birds on North Keeling' in pencil on back of no.5. Others titled in ink "Cocos' ]
p.6 [Wild birds Cocos Keeling Island.] [This indentification from title 'Wild Birds on North Keeling' in pencil on back of no.5. Others titled in ink "Cocos' ]
p.7 A puppy Cocos.

Part 4. Flinders memorial in the Island of Mauritius erected December 5th 1942.
p.1 [Matthew Flinders Memorial the Isle of Mauritius]
p.2 Unveiling of Matthew Flinders Memorial, Mauritius by the Governor, Sir Donald Mackenzie Kennedy.
p.3 [A detail if the stone entitled ' To the Memory of Matthew Flinders 1774-1814 Famous British Explorer detained from 1805 to 1810.

Part 5. Norfolk Island and Thursday October Christian Pitcairn Island
p.1 Norfolk Island.
p.2 Thursday October Christian Pitcairn Island.

Part 6. Lord Howe Island
p.1 Lagoon Beach & Launching [Lord Howe Island]
p.2 Landing stago, Lagoon [Lord Howe Island]
p.3 Lagoon. Rabbit Island on right [Lord Howe Island]
p.4 From Settlement [Lord Howe Island]
p.5 Lucerne Max Nicholl's [shows property Lord Howe Island]
p.6 South from Hell's Gates [Lord Howe Island]
p.7 South from Hell's Gates [Lord Howe Island]
p.8 Off North Cape. Mount Gower on right [Mount Gower on Lord Howe Island]
p.9 North Cape. from Settlement [Lord Howe Island]
p.10 Admiralties from Ned's Beach Cliffs [Ned's Beach is on Lord Howe Island]
p.11 Admiralties from Ned's Beach [Ned's Beach is on Lord Howe Island]
p.12 Admiralties from Ned's Beach
p.13 [McCulloch Memorial [ Lord Howe Island]
p.14 Nathan Thompson's grave & wife's [grave ]. [Lord Howe Island]
p.15 Cavern. Roach Island. [one of Admiralties]
p.16 Roach Island Admiralties
p.17 Roach Island
p.18 Looking North East from Roach Island.
p.19 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.20 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.21 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.22 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.23 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.24 Gannets & Sooty terns. Roach Island and View of North Cape from Roach Island (21)
p.25 Roach Island. Lord Howe Admiralties
p.26 Looking North from Somerset House [Lord Howe Island]
p.27 Road to Settlement from Toge's [Lord Howe Island]
p.28 Road to Toge's [Lord Howe Island]
p.29 Looking from Settlement towards Toge's [Lord Howe Island]
p.30 Mutton Bird burrows, Toge's [Lord Howe Island ]
p.31 Potatoes: Malabar in background [Lord Howe Island]
p.32 Entrance to " Palm Haven " [Lord Howe Island]
p.33 Entrance to " Palm Haven " [Lord Howe Island]
p.34 Anderson Road looking South [Lord Howe Island]
p.35 Pandanus. Mount Lidgbird [Lord Howe Island]
p.36 Banyan. Ned's Beach Jungle [Lord Howe Island]
p.37 Banyan near Radio Station
p.38 Lord Howe Island looking South from Settlement

Part 7. Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia 1911 -1938
p.1 [Mr.Justice Mitchell reading proclomation for the separation of Northen Territory from South Australia 1st January 1911.]
p.2 Lagoon near Darwin 1925. Native boy getting lily roots
p.3 "Buffalo" country 20 miles from Darwin 1927
p.4 Apsley Strait, Bathurst Island in background Northen Territory
p.5 Banyan tree near Darwin
p.6 Cloncurry River 20 miles from Cloncurry
p.7 Round-Australia trip. Near Katherine River 1936
p.8 C.Price Conigrave & Bert Drew at Victoria River Downs Station Northen Territory 1938 on Bert's wagon
p.9 Katherine Gorge, Northen Territory 1938
p.10 Mouth of Norman River Gulf of Carpentaria Looking inland
p.11 Norman River near Karumba
p.12 Taken from Flying Boat. Norman River Gulf of Carpentaria 1938
p.13 Rothschild party at the Gap 20 miles from Cloncurry 1938 North Queensland from left Edmund Rothschild Nicholas Fitzgerald Francis Williams
p.14 Early morning Adelaide River Northen Territory 1938 Edmund Rothschild at bow
p.15 Burke & Wills Tree

Part 8. Queensland 1913 and no date. Shows Thursday Island, Cooktown and Hayman Island
p.1 Magnetic Island North Queensland
p.2 Hook Island and Hayman Jetty View from Hayman Island
p.3 M.V.Mirrimar" 11 arriving at Hayman Jetty
p.4 [Postcard of Green Island off the Queensland. Coast from Cairns ]
p.5 [Postcard of Green Island off the Queensland. Coast from Cairns ]
p.6 Cooktown
p.7 Cooktown
p.8 Cooktown
p.9 Cooktown
p10 Luggers. Cooktown
p.11 Endeavour River Cooktown
p.12 Capt Cook Memorial Cooktown
p.13 [Postcards of Thursday Island]
p.14 [Postcards of Thursday Island]
p.15 [Postcards of Thursday Island]
p.16 Esplanade in 1913 Thursday Island
p.17 Victoria Parade Thursday Island.
p.18 [Thursday Island Postcards]
p.19 [Thursday Island Postcards]
p.20 Thursday Island
p.21 Thursday Island
p.22 Thursday Island
p.23 Thursday Island
p.24 Thursday Island
p.25 Thursday Island
p.26 Memorial in "Quetta" Cathedral Thursday Island
p.27 Memorial in "Quetta" Cathedral Thursday Island

Part 9. New South Wales 1952, 1953 and Queensland 1953
p.1 Berowra Waters New South Wales May 1952
p.2 Hawkesbury River at Wiseman's ( raining ) May 1952
p.3 "Banjo" Paterson Memorial Narambla Easter 1952
p.4 Road to Ophir near Orange Easter 1952
p.5 Flogging stool Collector New South Wales
p.6 Flood guage, Lismore August 1953
p.7 Murwillumbah & Tweed River August 1953
p.8 Murwillumbah with Mount Warning August 1953
p.9 Mount Warning & Teed River August 1953
p.10 Mount Warning August 1953
p.11 Glass House Mount near Beerwah August 1953
p.12 Glass House Mount near Beerwah, Queensland. August 1953

Part 10. New South Wales. Views include Wollongong, Campbelltown, Wagga Wagga, Katoomba, Lake Macquarie, Terrigal, Pittwater, Barrington
p.1 Ebenezer Church Portland Reach New South Wales
p.2 [Postcard with dog on tuckerbox on top] Gundagai
p.3 Belmore Basin Wollongong, New South Wales
p.4 Wollongong, New South Wales
p.5 Near Campbelltown, New South Wales Headstone of James Ruse
p.6 Tichborne Butchery Wagga Wagga
p.7 Munray River Wagga Wagga
p.8 Murrumbidgee River near Gundagai August 1952
p.9 Fish River, near Oberon
p.10 Blue Gum forest Grose River New South Wales
p.11 Katoomba New South Wales
p.12 Katoomba New South Wales.
p.13 Glenbrook Gorge above Emu Plains New South Wales
p.14 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
p.15 Pittwater & Hawkesbury River
p.16 Pittwater from Saltpan Cove
p.17 Bungan Head, Newport, New South Wales
p.18 The Skillion Terrigal
p.19 Terrigal, New South Wales
p.20 Old Convict Wall Newcastle
p.21 Barrington House The Tops
p.22 Barrington Tops, New South Wales Near Salisbury
p. 23 Antarctic Beaches Barrington Tops
p.24 Mount Wingen, New South Wales (Burning Mountain)
p.25 Burning Mountain Mount Wingen, New South Wales
p.26 Mount Wingen, New South Wales
p.27 From Mount Wingen, New South Wales looking North West

Part 11. Views of Fort Denison, Hunter's Hill 1938, Roseville Chase 1949, Bells at History House 1953 and Cook's Landing Place at Kurnell
p.1 Fort Denison
p.2 Fort Denison
p.3 Fort Denison
p.4 Hunter's Hill from Lane Cove Hill Linley Point 1938
p.5 Roseville Chase 1949
p.6 Roseville Chase 1949
p.7 Bells History House, Sydney 1953
p.8 Cook's Landing Place Kurnell, New South Wales, Botany Bay

Part 12. Lyrebirds, eggs and nests in Hawkesbury River District and Royal National Park
p.1 Lyrebirds in Hawkesbury
p.2 Lyrebirds in Hawkesbury
p.3 Lyrebirds in Hawkesbury
p.4 Lyrebirds in Hawkesbury
p.5 Lyrebirds and their nests National Park, New South Wales
p.6 Lyrebirds and their nests National Park, New South Wales
p.7 Lyrebirds and their nests National Park, New South Wales
p.8 Lyre bird's nest National Park, New South Wales. Keith Hinwood, ornithologist examining nest

Part 13. Government Printer photographs of Mount Warning, Stanwell Park, Snowy River and Mount Kosciusko, Sydney and fauna.
p.1 Mount Warning
p.2 Stanwell Park New South Wales
p.3 Snowy River
p.4 Mount Kosciusko
p.5 Sydney looking South East from Milson's Point
p.6 [Kangaroos]
p.7 [Kookaburras]

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009

Most are titled on back in pencil and ink in the photographer's hand and many of them are signed 'CPC' or 'C Price Conigrave'