Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

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114 x 88 mm. A view looking down from a verandah onto a small plot of recently planted cultivated land with a woman standing on a path beyond and the wooded Sigi valley in the background.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

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A collection of eight loose prints, most measuring approximately 250 x 195 mm, with captions on the reverse, showing scenes in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar.

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Collection of photographs of industry and agriculture in Tanganyika. Numbers 10-25 (and duplicates 26-50) were issued as a series 'Tanganyika's Three Year Development Plan' and have a separate typed list of captions. 51-68 are dated 31 August 1965 and have captions on the reverse.

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141 x 84 mm. A view from the sea looking towards the northern waterfront of Zanzibar Town. In the centre of the picture stands the Beit Al Ajeib. Sir Lloyd Mathews' house, later the Sultan's Palace, is the second building from the left of the print. The spires of the Roman Catholic Cathedral can be seen on the skyline. A noe in pencil on the reverse says : A general view. Central building formerly Sultan's Palace, now used as Govt offices.

Scope and Contents Arranged by area, then by country (including a few which are not members of the Commonwealth):The Mediterranean 30Cyprus 11Gibraltar 3Malta 16Middle East 3Jordan 1Palestine 2Indian Sub-Continent 81General 1Bangladesh 4Bhutan 2India 51Nepal 1Pakistan 16Sri Lanka 6South East Asia 58Brunei 5Indonesia 1Malaysia 43Singapore 9East Asia 33China 3Hong Kong 29Korea ...

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Letter concerning the mutiny of Sudanese troops at Fort Lubwa.

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Letter concerning the mutiny of Sudanese troops at Fort Lubwa.

Scope and Contents An album containing amateur prints of indifferent quality and a few commercial postcards. Its main interest is as a record of domestic life in a white family in German East Africa during the first decade of the twentieth century. The family was apparently based at Amani and may have been named Unger (see prints 115 and 116). There are hand-written captions on the backs of some of the photographs and these have been used as the basis of the following captions. However, the writing is...

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Postcards showing views in German East Africa (now Tanzania). Titles and captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms.

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234 x 176 mm. A view looking over the square in front of the Beit el Ajaib towards the Palace Pier and the harbour. Crowds of spectators line the waterfront as a longboat flying the German flag approaches the guard of honour on the pier. The occasion is probably the arrival of either Prince Adalbert or Dr Stuhlmann. The photograph is taken from the temporary lighthouse just west of the Beit el Ajaib.

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106 x 81 mm. Portrait of German marines on parade. These men were brought from Mpwapwa to defend the missionaries at Kiboriani during the Maji-Maji Rebellion.

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47 x 72 mm. View of the station and the tall ariel towering above. A note on the reverse states that the British destroyed it in 1914 shortly after the outbreak of the war.

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210 x 160 mm. General view.

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133 x 85 mm. Poor focus and faded, taken by Mr Feuerheerd [?] 'with his tiny German camera.'

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

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103 x 77 mm. Showing three smiling girls with baskets in their arms.

Scope and Contents A 16 mm. colour film (9min 09sec). 'Tanganyka Territory' Tabora Region. Tanazania. Notes on the film read: 'Uvinza to Mpanda Goldfield. Nov. 1939. Musoma of Kagera. Jan 1939. Musoma. Jan 1940'. Workshop / factory indoor scenes. Men showing a large dead crocodile. Riverbank scenes of rope pulled ferry and women doing laundry. Men working the riverbed of several narrow water channels (races). Panners at work; fully laden ore waggons. Landscape near the gold mining plant (battery). People...

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160 x 215 mm.

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160 x 205 mm. The caption continues: 'In the old days, as with many valuable products, cloves were adulterated. Now there are Government quality standards and every bale of cloves which goes out of the country carries a gout grade and inspection stamp. The picture shows samples being withdrawn from bags of cloves before they pass into the clove market.'