A translation of the Dutch account, published in 1647, of the wreck of the 'Batavia' on the Abrolhos Islands and subsequent events of 1628-1629 (85 pages). Some extracts from Saville-Kent's 'A naturalist in Australia' have been added, and there are four pages of illustrations taken from the Dutch account.

Published by Thomas Kelly, London, undated.

180 x 135 mm.

500 x 155 mm. A view from closer-up of the same house and orchard as Y3081B/59.

57 x 63 mm. A full length portrait of a young Maori woman.

205 x 154 mm. A print consisting of 18 small photographs printed together. On the left side are nine portraits of 'modern' Maoris, although all are still wearing traditional costume and many are tattooed; on the righthand side are nine older photographs of 'ancient' Maoris, mainly older men, more heavily tattooed.

205 x 145 mm. First of a series of five photographs taken from the same viewpoint showing the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist. The foundation stone at the right, with churchmen and choir in centre. The Duke and Duchess have just arrived, and onlookers raise their hats as they pass by.

205 x 145 mm. The ceremony in progress. The Duke bends over the stone and applies mortar, while the Duchess stands to his right with umbrella. The Bishop of Brisbane stands next to the Duke. (Bishop William Thomas Thornhill Webber, 1837 - 1903).

205 x 140 mm. A hymn is sung while the stones are joined.

205 x 145 mm. The end of the ceremony, with children filing away. This is in fact the last in the series and should be preceded by Y3085J/16.

205 x 145 mm. The Duke and Duchess sit to the right of the foundation stone, during an address by the Bishop of Brisbane.

138 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘ILES PHOTO. 54. THAMES. N.Z’.

Neg. Left to right: Mr. W Kanja, MP, Kenya; Mr. Kebba Krubally, MP, Gambia; and Mr. S. Shah, MP, Trinidad and Tobago, talking with local resident at Maroochydore, a beach resort north of Brisbane, the Queensland capital.

Neg. Left to right: Mrs James A. Jerome, Mr. James Walker, Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. James A. Jerome, MP, Canada and Mr. K. Puttaswamy, Minister for Law, Labour and Parliamentary Affairs, Mysore, India, feeding the birds at the wildlife sanctuary, Currumbin, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, south of Brisbane.

Neg. Left to right: Shri Ram Sahai, India; The Hon. Sardar Darbara Singh, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Punjab; the Hon. Vernon Christie, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria, Australia; and the Hon. William Garrett, President of the Legislative Council, Victoria; in the Legislative Council chamber, Melbourne.

Neg. Left to right: The Hon. Frank Wise, MLC, Western Australia; Mr Peter Molloy, secretary, United Kingdom branch, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; the Hon. Charles Martinez, MP, British Honduras; the Hon. Joseph Hadson-Taylor, Minister of State and Leader of the House of Representatives, Sierra Leone; and Mr. Brian Jacques, of Australian Iron and Steel Pty. Ltd.; at Australian Iron and Steel plant, Kwinana, Western Australia.

Neg. Left to right: Mr. Kwaku Ntim, MP, Ghana; Mr. Samuel Okudzeto, MP, Ghana; the Hon. Isaac Omolo Okero, Minister for Health, Kenya; and Mr. John Harman, MLA, Western Australia; at Healesville wildlife sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

Smithson has pencilled '2 21/12' at the top of the accompanying typescript.

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Illustration from W. Saville-Kent, 'The Great Barrier Reef of Australia' (London, 1893).

Smithson has pencilled '28/9' next to '19. Lighthouse painted with red light at night one higher up behind, mariners to get both in line to avoid reef'.

138 x 104 mm. A view showing part of the water frontage at Apia, with jungle and hills beyond.

157 x 102 mm. A view of the water-frontage at Apia similar to Y309B/42 but showing more coastline at the right of the picture.

196 x 142 mm. A view showing a small shaded graveyard with the graves of British and American seamen killed in the Civil War of 1899.

235 x 177 mm. Another photograph of the same graveyard, but taken in greater close-up than Y309C/52. This photograph is taken at an earlier date but in fact contains more graves. Some of the sailors were exhumed for reburial in a memorial tomb. Photograph stamped J. Davis, whose business was taken over by Tattersall in 1903.