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Fiji (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 488 Collections and/or Records:

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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).
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Fijian Warrior, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7390
Scope and Contents

Painting only.

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 Warrior], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/7390
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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Fijians at Numbukaluka, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7445
Scope and Contents

[Woman with young boy].

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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Fijians at Numbukaluka, Fiji, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7446
Scope and Contents

[Group landing from a boat].

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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Fijians bathing, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309C/84
Scope and Contents

196 x 144 mm. A view showing 8 Fijian men and women bathing in a river.

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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Fijians in Fighting Dress 35, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/3/1
Dates: 1920 - 1929
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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Final Session of Fiji Constitutional Conference in London, 1965-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/206
Scope and Contents

152 x 205 mm. Mr. Anthony Greenwood, Britain’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, is seen speaking at the final session of the Fiji Constitutional Conference held at Marlborough House, when the conference report was signed.

Dates: 1965-08
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).