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Showing a group gathered on a dirt road.

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Five loose black and white prints, presented to Sir Harry Wilson by Lieutenant E W Pearson Chinnery F.R.C.S.

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285 x 230 mm. A view showing Papua New Guineans posing by the waterside, amid houses and canoes. Of the three Europeans in the picture, the figure on the left is probably Charles Lyne. The photograph is an original for an illustration in Lyne, p. 30.

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Trees.

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

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View of a shrub growing in short grass.

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View of a shrub growing in short grass.

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Showing a tree lined road (or a small pond surrounded by trees).

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Trees and foliage.

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Showing two local men standing beneath a tree. Corner has pencilled the number 8249 on the reverse of the print.

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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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Showing eight men standing beneath a tree. Corner has pencilled the number 8249 on the reverse of the print.

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Showing a man beneath a tree. Corner has pencilled the number 8249 on the reverse of the print.

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Showing a close up of disturbed earth at the base of a shrub or small tree.

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285 x 230 mm. The second in the sequence of three photographs taken at this ceremony (see Y3084A/21 and 3). The Union Jack has been hoisted and the officer party are removing their hats.

Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. A photograph taken shortly after Y3084A/14. Boe Vagi is now sitting on the deck,having received his ebony stick. Lyne describes the occasion in solemn detail, and Romilly, in a letter of November 11th, also mentions the ceremony, 'The day before the ceremony, we held a big palaver on board the flagship, and I was formally introduced to several old acquaintances. A gigantic copper of rice jam and brown sugar, mixed together, was produced. For a rather delicate stomach, as...

Scope and Contents 285 x 230 mm. The Reverend James Chalmers was sent out to persuade local chiefs to come on board H.M.S. Nelson, and here Commodore Erskine explains the meaning of the protectorate to them. He is seen shaking hands with Boe Vagi, as he presents him with his ebony stick of authority ('rather a nice idea', Romilly remarks). The other chiefs sit on the deck, while the ship's company is gathered behind. Various national flags have been draped above the deck as awnings (see Y3084A/ 29, showing the...

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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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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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Unidentified view, looking across at the mainland and out to sea.

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Unidentified view, looking across at the mainland and out to sea. A jetty is visible on the right.

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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A distant view of buildings in a valley.