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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4945 Collections and/or Records:

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Fiji Sugar Company's estate with hospital, Tamunua, Viti Levu, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7353
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm. No print.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fiji Talks Open in London, 1965-07-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/192
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1965-07-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fiji trains her teachers, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/75
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fiji trains her teachers., 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/76
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Burying Ground near Waivaka, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7412
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Mound covered with cloth and stones among undergrowth].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Burying Ground near Waivaka, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7413
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Cup on cloth on top of mound in the forest].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Constabulary and police on parade outside Govt House, Suva, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/3
Scope and Contents 228 x 175 mm. A view showing a European officer in charge of a squad of the Fijian police (unarmed and dressed in white). Behind them, and largely obscured, stands a squad of the armed constabulary in blue blouses and white sarongs cut into a serrated pattern round the hem. Formed in the early 1870s, the force was used extensively against the hill peoples of the interior, and in the days of King Cakobau, this small army was said to have numbered 1400 men. The Europeans standing in the...
Dates: 1884
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Court, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087A/28
Scope and Contents

288 x 235 mm. A view of the crowded Fijian section, showing its produce such as spears, clubs, cloth and cotton.

Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian dancers], 1928-09-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/39
Scope and Contents

Print at RCMS 353/2/226.

Dates: 1928-09-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian Family], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/44
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Girls, near Suva, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/70
Scope and Contents

195 x 141 mm. A view showing a posed group of young Fijian women.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian hut], 1928-09-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/4/38
Scope and Contents

Print at RCMS 353/2/224.

Dates: 1928-09-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian hut outside Govt. House, Levuka, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/35
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian lali in native town. A form of gong for summoning people together, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/26
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian native pottery from the Rewa district, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7461
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Sir Everard Im Thurn's Collection at Suva.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian native pottery from the Rewa district. Sir Everard Im Thurn's Collection at Suva, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7462
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Police quarters at Anadruloulou razed to the ground by the hurricane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7449
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian punt, Navua, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham K/5
Scope and Contents From the File:

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.

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian scrub each side Rewa River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/20
Scope and Contents

228 x 175 mm. A view showing scrubland on either side of the river, with a small settlement on the nearer bank.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian ship’s steward], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/87
Scope and Contents

83 x 57 mm. An amateur snapshot showing a Fijian man in a white uniform standing on a ship’s deck.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian timber yard?], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/85
Scope and Contents

156 x 109 mm. An indistinct picture of what seems to be a jig for sawing timber.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian Village Vurevure, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7425
Scope and Contents

[Showing three people with a boat on the far side of river under steep bank and big tree].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/27
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/29
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Fijian villagers], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/30
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).