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862975
  • Title
    George Henderson photographs of Fiji and Pacific Islands, ca. 1928-1934
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 1188
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1928-1934
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    862975
  • Physical Description
    656 photographic prints (5 albums and loose photographs)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    For a biography of Professor George C. Henderson, see the Australian Dictionary of Biography online
  • Scope and Content
    Box 1
    Albums:
    1. Ruling chiefs in Fiji, November 1928 (14 photographs)
    2. ... Tour of investigation to the distant islands of the Lau Group, Fiji, in the Governor's yacht HMCS Pioneer, ... August 1929 (89 photographs)
    3. Fiji, 1932 (40 photographs)
    4. Some views of Fiji and the Fijians purchased in Suva / Fiji Government [stamp] (21 photographs)
    5. Views of Suva and Rotuma Island (105 photographs)

    Box 2
    Albums:
    1. Fijian photographs, various (10 photographs)
    2. Historical investigations in HMS Veronica and ... Viti Levu, Fiji (102 photographs)

    Box 3
    Loose photographs:
    Butha Mantu (11 photographs)
    Vatoa (10 photographs)
    Ohi i Lau (10 photographs)
    Tubu Lakeba (5 photographs)
    Matuku (5 photographs)
    Mbingga Island and motor boat ... Mbati, ("Am Keva" on boat) (1 photograph)
    Nuku Mbasanga Island by Tasman in Fijian Archipelago (17 photographs)
    Lakeba (5 photographs)
    Trip with Acting Governor of Fiji to Tau [Lau ?] Archipelago and Middle Island; Government Hosue, Suva (16 photographs)
    Trip to Namosi, September 1934 (17 photographs)
    HMS Veronica (2 photographs)
    Photographs for the book "The Discoverers of the Fiji Island" (8 photographs)
    Tumbau (5 photographs)
    Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island (22 photographs)
    Lord Howe Island (54 photographs)
    New Hebrides (87 photographs)
    1932 (14 photographs)
    Fiji (10 photographs)
    Unidentified portrait and typescript itinerary signed Kingsley Roth (1 photograph)
  • General note

    Albums transferred from MLMSS UNCAT MSS Set 114 Item 36
    Loose photographs transferred from MLMSS UNCAT MSS Set 114 Item 37
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Albums and loose photographs chiefly titled in Henderson's hand
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