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225 x 161 mm. A view looking out over fields planted with sugar cane.

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205 x 142 mm. Uncaptioned print. A view showing the plantation manager's living quarters, set among palm trees.

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144 x 202 mm. A view showing a native planting a sprouting coconut under the supervision of a European plantation manager.

Scope and Contents A collection of five prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. They are accompanied by a paper-cutting from a Fijian newspaper which contains a letter from William Floyd explaining the origins and progress of the Polynesian School. Dated May 5 1888, it recounts how Floyd was approached the previous year by several Solomon Islanders who asked him to form a school. This he did in one of his empty cottages, and by the time this letter was written over fifty youths were...

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228 x 169 mm. A view showing a group of European Government employees standing outside the two-story Government Offices, which were opened in 1882 when Suva became the seat of Government. Members of the group have not been identified.

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200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

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

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

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The diaries were written when Wood was chiefly in Nyasaland and the Seychelles. They include a few inserted sketches and photographs. There is an accompanying set of press cuttings and miscellaneous papers.

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[Sir Everard's collection].

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228 x 174 mm. Looking up the ‘main drag’ from Nabukalou Creek in 1885. The Customs buildings are at the extreme right.

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Contains Kodachromes processed in Australia, arranged by processing number. Some items from H possibly originated in this group.

Scope and Contents A collection of prints produced by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 165 x 115 mm and have typewritten captions pasted onto the reverse. A sheet of paper with the prints gives the title: 'Progress in the Colonies. Rejected photographs'. This selection appears to be part of a larger series of prints -the captions are often numbered and frequently make references to 'Feature Sets'. The photographs illustrate post-war developments in agriculture,...

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

Scope and Contents 115 x 89 mm. Taken during the Queen's tour of the Pacific. There is a handwritten caption on the reverse explaining the occasion:‘H.M. the Queen standing, reading her speech in reply to the Colony’s Loyal Address. Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, having presented this to her is now seated on a bench along L.H. side wall with throne to be decorated at the investiture to follow. A table carrying the decorations will be seen slightly to L. of H.M., and in front of Sir Ronald...

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Ratu Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara Uluilakeba is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. Ra Marama is the Governor's yacht.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

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200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.