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129 x 202 mm. Mr. S. M. Koya (right), Indian elected member of the Fiji Legislative Council, and Ratu G.K. Cakobau, Fijian elected member of the Legislative Council, at the conference table during the opening session of the Fiji Constitutional Conference, at Marlborough House.

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154 x 201 mm. Mr. C.P. Singh (left), Indian nominated member of the Fiji Legislative Council, and Mr. C.D. Aidney, European nominated member of the Legislative Council, listen to the opening speeches at the Fiji Constitutional Conference held in Marlborough House.

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143 x 205 mm. Mr. R.G.Q. Kermode (right), member of the Fiji Executive Council; Ratu Ganilau (centre), member of the Fiji Executive Council; and A.I.N. Deoki (left), Indian elected member of the Fiji Legislative Council, at the Conference table during the opening session of the Fiji Constitutional Conference held in Marlborough House.

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151 x 205 mm. Seen here before the first session are (from left): Sir Robert Foster, Governor of the British Crown Colony of Fiji; Mr. S.M. Koya, Leader of Fiji’s Opposition Party; Lord Shepherd, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Chairman of the conference; and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Chief Minister of Fiji.

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145 x 193 mm. A general view of the first session of the Fiji Constitutional Conference, which opened recently at Marlborough House. Lord Shepherd, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, presided and Fiji’s delegation was led by Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Chief Minister, and Mr. S.M. Koya, Leader of Fiji’s Opposition Party.

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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.

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Landscape format. [Fijians in neat row with dark jackets and white skirts with tooth-edged hems, with European in uniform]

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Landscape format. [Two Europeans in uniform in front of them].

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[No print]. [Missing].

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[Two buglers and a drummer].

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Landscape format.

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80 x 55 mm. A view of the sunset over the water.

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75 x 50 mm.

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Two photographs inserted in the scrapbook of Sir William Allardyce (held at RCMS 35), photographers unknown. His scrapbooks total thirteen volumes; but these are the only photographs stuck in them. They are in album 6, page 54 and album 2, page 75.

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775 x 55 mm.

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

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Contains transparencies 40 x 40 mm in Kodak Readymounts; no processing number available. The Wainimala River is in the interior of Viti Levu. The other place names have not been found on any map of Fiji, but as these are the only slides with these measurements, it has been assumed that they were all taken in the same area.

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350 x 250 mm. No print.

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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.

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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'.

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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.

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

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

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...