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Showing a wood and thatch house raised on piles.

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View showing canoes moored at the bank of the Kuantan River at Kuantan, with riverside houses raised on piles at the left.

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Distant view of lodge.

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Back view of lodge.

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A view down the valley.

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Group of J.G. Harvey, Sir William Peel, Eric Pretty, Andrew Caldecott, Lady Peel, Mrs Caldecott.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The majority of the photographs relate to the early stages of Sheppard’s career with the Malayan Civil Service. They illustrate his accommodation; varied range of work in Kuala Lumpur, Pahang, Perak and Terengganu; Malay and European colleagues; official events, military service, travel and recreation. A number of prints are uncaptioned and have been provided with tentative titles in square brackets and approximate dates. The images begin with Sheppard's arrival in Jan. 1928...

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150 x 203 mm. Three quarter length portrait of an aboriginal girl wearing necklaces and bracelets.

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120 x 116 mm. Showing the headman with a wife standing on either side of him.

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88 x 136 mm. Half length portrait of the man seen in the preceding print.

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88 x 136 mm.

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122 x 147 mm. Showing an Aboriginal family climbing the ladder to their raised house, with purchases (frying pan, mattress, kettle, mats) made in a nearby town.

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112 x 158 mm.

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183 x 141 mm. Showing a group of men returning home along a riverside road.

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181 x 155 mm. Showing an aboriginal group unloading purchases, including a gramophone, mats, mattress and lino, from a boat.

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158 x 177 mm. Showing the group from the preceding print, with their purchases piled on the river bank.

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202 x 157 mm.

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96 x 72 mm. Showing a family of Aboriginal forest dwellers in a clearing in the Cameron Highlands.

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Notes and the draft of an article on the Malayan Civil Servant Sir John Pickersgill Rodger, who served as Resident of Pahang and Perak (2 sheets).

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A brief memoir describing anecdotes of Sir John Pickersgill Rodgers, Chief Magistrate, Selangor 1882; Acting British Resident, Selangor 1884-1888; British Resident, Pahang 1888-1896; British Resident, Selangor 1896-1901; British Resident, Perak 1901-1904; Governor Gold Coast 1904-1910 (2 sheets; 2 copies).

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156 x 115 mm. glossy print.

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Showing Malay porters resting in a makeshift open-sided hut.

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Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

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Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, with jungle on either side.

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Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, presumably being loaded with timber.