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152 x 116 mm. View of the exterior of the school, with girls playing rounders in the foreground.

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[No print]. Missing.

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[No print]. Missing.

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208 x 158 mm. A view looking along the waterfront and across the city, with the Singapore River in the left background.

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190 x 243 mm. Showing lighters loaded with cargo on the river in the foreground, with the Boat Quay beyond.

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Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.

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Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.

Scope and Contents 271 x 207 mm. A view looking across the Padang with Raffles Monument in the left foreground and the Cathedral beyond. The Raffles Monument, an eight foot high bronze statue of the founder of Singapore sculpted by Thomas Woolner at a cost £2,000, was unveiled by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Frederick Weld on June 27 1887, Queen Victoria's Golden jubilee. It was moved to a site in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall in celebration of Singapores centenary in 1919 (see BAM...

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138 x 90 mm. General view of St Andrews Cathedral (partially obscured by trees) from the Padang.

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141 x 83 mm. A view looking along the waterfront (? On Collyer Quay) towards the Chinese Arch of Welcome.

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273 x 213 mm. Showing Chinese and Malayan street hawkers gathered round a meat stall outside the tailoring establishment of Tong Cheong at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road. Cross Street was also known as King Street by the Chinese and as Kampong Susu by the Malays.

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Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.

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150 x 90 mm. Showing a sunset, with buildings (possibly part of the naval station) silhouetted in the foreground.

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196 x 92 mm. View looking along the path towards the club buildings.

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215 x 272 mm. A view looking along an irrigation canal running through a coconut plantation at Tanjong Katong.

Scope and Contents 274 x 211 mm. A view looking down onto the Victoria Dock which contains an American-built barque and a steamer, with a large group of the workforce watching the photographer from the dockside. Established in 1863 to cope with increasing congestion in the New Harbour, by 1866 a 750 ft wharf had been built and two years later the graving dock, named after Queen Victoria, was opened. A second graving dock, the Albert Dock, followed in 1879. A period of recession was ended by the opening...

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[Train at the platform, which has plants in tubs beside the station buildings].

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Half-plate. Traveller tree (fan shaped palm).

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Half-plate (landscape format). [Man standing among different types of palms].

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[Trimmed]. [Similar to 4172].

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267 x 209 mm. A similar view to BAM 1/2, but taken at a later date.

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The caption continues 'Those seen here are built on reclaimed land in the East Coast'.

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Singapore, including its 50-odd offshore islands and islets has a land area of 617.8km. Its population of 2.4 million comprises 77 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Malays, 6 per cent Indians, and 2 per cent of persons of other ethnic groups.

The pace of development has been rapid, especially in the last decade, and the people live in well-designed modern homes with ample educational, recreational and social amenities.

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In the playground.

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In the playground.