Oceania (continent)
Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:
Fiji Sugar Company's estate with hospital, Tamunua, Viti Levu, 1910
350 x 250 mm. No print.
Fiji Talks Open in London, 1965-07-26
288 x 236 mm. Photo shows: Mr Anthony Greenwood, Colonial Secretary, addressing the Fiji Constitutional Conference in the Colonial Office at Marlborough House. By his side is Mrs. Eirene White, Minister of State for Colonies.
Fiji trains her teachers, 1940 - 1959
153 x 116 mm. The caption on the reverse reads '(2). Fijian and Indian students at work under the supervision of the Fijian Craftwork Master. One full afternoons work per week is devoted to carpentry by all male students. Students are taught in particular how to teach crafts in the schools'.
Fiji trains her teachers., 1940 - 1959
163 x 114 mm. The caption on the reverse reads ' (3.) A demonstration lesson in progress. A class of Fijians attend the college regularly to be taught by a Fijian member of the staff (left). Students observe and make notes on teaching techniques.
Fijian Burying Ground near Waivaka, Fiji, 1910
Half-plate (landscape format). Mound covered with cloth and stones among undergrowth].
Fijian Burying Ground near Waivaka, Fiji, 1910
Half-plate (landscape format). [Cup on cloth on top of mound in the forest].
Fijian Constabulary and police on parade outside Govt House, Suva, 1884
Fijian Court, 1880
288 x 235 mm. A view of the crowded Fijian section, showing its produce such as spears, clubs, cloth and cotton.
[Fijian dancers], 1928-09-30
Print at RCMS 353/2/226.
[Fijian Family], 1880 - 1889
197 x 154 mm. A group portrait of a Fijian family, ranging from a white-haired grandfather, to two young children, posed against a backdrop of palm-leaves.
Fijian Girls, near Suva, 1884 - 1885
195 x 141 mm. A view showing a posed group of young Fijian women.
[Fijian hut], 1928-09-28
Print at RCMS 353/2/224.
Fijian hut outside Govt. House, Levuka, 1880 - 1885
200 x 135 mm. A view showing a small group of European officers and Fijian men of the Armed Native Constabulary posed in front of a Fijian house. This beautifully-constructed bure is illustrated in ‘Cyclopaedia of Fiji’ published in 1907. It was built for the visit of the royal princes, the Duke of Clarence and George, Prince of Wales, who visited Fiji in H.M.S. 'Bacchante' in 1881.
Fijian lali in native town. A form of gong for summoning people together, 1880 - 1889
212 x 178 mm. A view taken at Bureta, Ovalau, showing a group of Fijians standing beside the ‘lali’ with village houses and hills in the background. The ‘lali’ consists of a hollowed–out wooden log which is beaten with a wooden mallet; formerly used to gather warriors to war, it is now only used to bring participants to feasts and other ceremonial occasions. For a modern photograph of the ‘lali’, see Y3091E/85.
Fijian native pottery from the Rewa district, 1910
Half-plate. Sir Everard Im Thurn's Collection at Suva.
Fijian native pottery from the Rewa district. Sir Everard Im Thurn's Collection at Suva, 1910
Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing].
Fijian Police quarters at Anadruloulou razed to the ground by the hurricane, 1910
Landscape format.
Fijian punt, Navua, 1963
Contains Kodachromes, processed in England March 1963, arranged by processing number. The village mentioned on slides 21-31 appears to be Sabadrau, but this has not been found on any map of Fiji and has been represented by 'S' in most of the captions.
Fijian scrub each side Rewa River, 1880 - 1889
228 x 175 mm. A view showing scrubland on either side of the river, with a small settlement on the nearer bank.
[Fijian ship’s steward], 1899
83 x 57 mm. An amateur snapshot showing a Fijian man in a white uniform standing on a ship’s deck.
[Fijian timber yard?], 1899
156 x 109 mm. An indistinct picture of what seems to be a jig for sawing timber.
Fijian Village Vurevure, 1910
[Showing three people with a boat on the far side of river under steep bank and big tree].
[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889
228 x 175 mm. A view showing a group of Fijian men and women posed in a village square, with thatched houses in the background, and hills beyond.
[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889
227 x 174 mm. A view showing a group of Fijian men and children standing in a village square, with thatched houses in the background.
[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889
215 x 177 mm. A formally arranged group portrait showing three rows of Fijian men posed in front of a thatched hut. The chiefs stand in the centre of the group.