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A tall tree.

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165 x 120 mm. Showing natives standing in clearing among tall trees.

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165 x 120 mm. Showing an European in a small clearing in the jungle.

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165 x 120 mm. A dance with men in elaborate headdresses, holding hourglass shaped drums, with some wearing shell nosepieces. A European standing at right of picture.

Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. The second in a series of three pictures (the correct sequence being Y3084A: 37, 23, 35) showing the first proclamation of the protectorate from the verandah of the Reverend Lawes' mission house. Marines and sailors, formed into three sides of a hollow square around the verandah, prepare to fire the feu-de-joie while onlookers stand outside the square. The officers are removing their hats; Erskine, face hidden by hat, is second from the left in the middle section of the...

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215 x 170 mm. From left to right at Dais: Mr John Guise, Lord Casey (seated) and the Australian Minister of External Territories, Mr C E Barnes.

Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. A view showing marines and sailors grouped in a hollow square in front of the mission house (in what was named in honour of the occasion, 'Espiegle Square'). The White Ensign and the Union Jack are being hoisted while Commodore Erskine reads the proclamation. The Reverend Lawes, translating, is partially hidden by the flagstaff, while the officer party stands under the verandah of the house, shaded by an awning made from a sail. Directly in front of the verandah sit the Papua...

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285 x 230 mm. The first of a sequence of three photographs (see Y3084A/3 and Y3084A/39), showing sailors standing to attention while Erskine (to left of flagstaff in white topee, blue jacket, and holding a paper) reads the proclamation. Two officers stand by the flagstaff with the White Ensign and the Union Jack, waiting to raise the flags.

Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. The first in the sequence of three photographs of this ceremony (see Y3084A/23 and 35). Commodore Erskine is reading the proclamation before the flags are raised. In fact, Romilly had already mistakenly read the proclamation some days before, thinking these were his instructions. ('I made rather an ass of myself, or rather otherpeople made an ass of me ... we ... came up here and did it before the Commodore arrived. However, it did not make much difference, as he did it all...

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General view looking over the tree canopy.

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General view looking over the tree canopy.

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An album containing photographs with hand-written captions of buildings and students of the University of Papua New Guinea.

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Film negatives with some matching prints, mostly of trees and flora, some of people and buildings, originally kept in three negative wallets from O'Brabant, Lae Photography. The prints with captions on the reverse have been listed.

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Film negatives with some matching prints, mostly of trees and flora, some of people and buildings, originally kept in three negative wallets from O'Brabant, Lae Photography. The prints with captions on the reverse have been listed.

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Photographs and (some) matching negatives of mostly trees and flora. The prints with captions on the reverse have listed.

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An album containing prints with typed captions.

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285 x 230 mm. A view showing men and women posing in a trading boat, or 'lakatoi', on the beach. The boat in the water behind displays intricately carved and decorated prow and stern.

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285 x 230 mm. A view of the harbour from the water's edge, with native canoes on the beach and in the harbour. A photograph taken just after the proclamation at the mission house, when Nelson fired a 21 gun salute and both ships decked themselves with flags. H.M.S. Nelson (the further ship) can be seen flying the Union Jack from her jack staff, with Middle Island in left background.

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285 x 230 mm. A landscape taken from a hill overlooking the lagoon, with a view of the Cloudy Mountains in the distance.

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Film negatives with some matching prints, mostly of trees and flora, some of people and buildings, originally kept in three negative wallets from O'Brabant, Lae Photography. The prints with captions on the reverse have been listed.

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Film negatives with some matching prints, mostly of trees and flora, some of people and buildings, originally kept in three negative wallets from O'Brabant, Lae Photography. The prints with captions on the reverse have been listed.

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285 x 230 mm. A view showing a group of women and children, dressed in grass skirts, and posed in front of raised huts by the water's edge.

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285 x 230 mm. A view of the village, built on stilts in the water, with jetties leading to the huts, and with canoes and a few people in front of the village. Paga Hill in right background.

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285 x 230 mm. A general view showing huts, canoes and a few figures.

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285 x 230 mm. A view showing Papua New Guineans posing in front of their houses, with six Europeans among them.