Series 03: Waterhouse photographs of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sydney University, 1923-1952; plant trials by Walter Waterhouse, 1936-1952; Fiji, 1912-1941

PXE 1434
ON 513

series

1912-1952

Graphic Materials, Photographs

862870

approx. 230 photographs (3 albums and loose and mounted photographs)
473 negatives - glass and acetate - 1/4 plate
1 drawing - gouache - 17.5 x 25.5 cm.
2 printing plates - steel on timber blocks - 15 x 13 x 2.5 cm.

PXE 1434

Album, covers approx. 14.5 x 23 cm. with scroll decoration on front; flyleaf has inscription ”Mr J Waterhouse, Weroona, Woodford Jan 1915”; contains b/w photos with white handwritten captions; subjects include scenes of mission life, including Davuilevu (dated after Australian Museum images of Davuilevu), girls at Matavelo school in Nailaga, Mr (JHL)Waterhouse’s school at Niusawa; group portraits of Papuan Synod and Dilkusha Indian Mission. With approx. 20 loose photographs at back of album with pencil captions on backs, including group portraits, and one with JHL Waterhouse and school boys, some named; JHL’s bure (house) under construction; Rev. and Mrs Poole, Howard and Athol (possibly GA Waterhouse); mission house Musawa 1913-14; other houses and named individuals; series of Fijian wedding group images, Rev. Taniela Lotu; view of church buildings at Somosomo, William Cross Memorial church; postcard greetings from Vunela to all at Weroona and one to Mrs G J Waterhouse, Woodford; group portraits of girls and boys, Yams being presented with JHL 1910-1911; boys at Niusawa 1912-1914; group portrait JHL with boys “Mr Waterhouse’ School at Niusawa”.

Album, covers approx. 21.5 x 29 cm., grey pages with black embossed card covers torn off and loose; b/w prints with black written captions; inscription on front page reads ”Photos JHL c.1912”; many photos are missing, but these are probably the loose ones found in another smaller album, as they are captioned alike with this album. Subject is Niusawa school; includes portraits of JHL, scenes of Taveuni, with war trenches; view from Mrs Hawke’s verandah at Niulela; islet of Korolevu, near Niusawa, Somosomo straits; village officials, policeman magistrate. With loose photos at back of album including WW1 group portrait; Cornell University agricultural college, New York USA; portraits of family and friends; Sydney University pamphlet of 3 portraits of Sydney Uni Professors; Niusawa mission; Davuilevu schoolchildren and dispensary; miscellaneous Fijian images, including an official group portrait, colonial building, portraits of JHL in Fiji, set of 4 images of a Fijian funeral procession with captions; gouache painting on paper of unidentified view, unsigned.

Album, pale blue covers approx. 19.5 x 26 cm.; b/w photos, including some loose with captions written on back and dated between 1923-1931; ship portraits; some Burns Philp ships, including wreck of Mindini; similar photos to JHL Solomons album in Aust Mus; some dated early 1930’s; group portraits, canoes and coastal scenes; includes photos by various people; photo of AH Voyce’s house, photo by Metcalfe of JHL at Siwai (JHL possibly visited AH Voyce at Tonu?); Roviana images, 1924; students at Kokegolo Mission, Roviana; group portraits, etc.

Cardboard box of loose prints, some in paper folder:
some caption on reverse by JHL; images of Samarai, SS Makambo, Solomon Is images; Roviana man with shield and body decoration, canoe, JHL 1922-23; other ethnographic shots, of Solomons, New Britain, Rabaul volcano; image of Australian Museum artefact E32550 – inlaid design shell pieces collected by JHL; Tavei, island of Petats, Buka, where JHLW was initiated as a Puj Puji (view of huts); wreck of SS Mindini,1913; Upi hat wearer 1932; Kokegolo canoes; Roviana students JHL taught; uncaptioned images of Fijian mission, one labelled WLW; another from “the Dilkusha Family” (the Indian Mission) to WLW Chatswood; group of Australian images (possibly of Woodford, Blue Mts.?) with no captions, also other miscellaneous Australian images, including family and friends; pictures relating to wheat, Australia

Large format pamphlet in light grey of scenic images, entitled “Grand Canyon of Arizona in Photo Gravure"; includes 6 loose photos in matching envelope

16 mounted photographs of Faculty of Agriculture Sydney University, 1923-52

1 half plate Paget plate image of flowering plant in pot

2 images of wheat? on metal printing plates mounted on wooden blocks

ON 513/Boxes 1-2

Negatives of wheat trials and plant breeding experiments including rye and barley 1936-52. One packet includes images of a new building at Sydney University 1945. All presumably by Walter Waterhouse
51 ¼ plate film negatives
267 ¼ plate glass negatives

ON 513/Boxes 3-4

Negatives of wheat trials and plant breeding experiments including rye and barley, 1936-52, presumably by Walter Waterhouse.
19 ¼ plate film negatives
136 ¼ plate film negatives

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 513

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

Forms part of Walter Lawry Waterhouse papers and pictorial material, ca. 1860-1970, at MLMSS 2792 and MLMSS 2792 ADD-ON 740.

Contents list for PXE 1434 compiled by Susan Myatt in 2009, who noted similarities with Waterhouse photographs held at Australian Museum