931387
- Title'Pioneering in the South Seas', by George L. Ryder, 19--
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- Call numberMLMSS 2868/Vol. 1X
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
19-- - Type of material
- Reference code931387
- Physical Description1 outsize volume of textual material - photocopies of typescript
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
G. L. Ryder, 1846-19--, went with his brothers Edmund and Thomas K. Ryder to Mango Island, Fiji., in 1864. They were pioneers of the Sea Island cotton industry. Their father was T. U. Ryder - Scope and ContentGives an account of the Ryder family in Victoria, 1863, the journey to Mango, 1864 the establishment of cotton plantations by Ryder Bros. on Mango, and descriptions of political and social life of the Fijians, including British annexation 1874 and the measles epidemic 1875
- Original held byOriginals in private ownership
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-625 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - General note
Keyword subject:
Epidemics -- Fiji
Mango Island (Fiji) - Name
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