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Levuka (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

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Another view of the north end of Levuka, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/15
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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English Church, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fijian hut outside Govt. House, Levuka, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 135 mm. A view showing a small group of European officers and Fijian men of the Armed Native Constabulary posed in front of a Fijian house. This beautifully-constructed bure is illustrated in ‘Cyclopaedia of Fiji’ published in 1907. It was built for the visit of the royal princes, the Duke of Clarence and George, Prince of Wales, who visited Fiji in H.M.S. 'Bacchante' in 1881.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Government House, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Government House from the back, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Government offices, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/16
Scope and Contents

Showing the Department of Law, Harbour Office, Post Office and Custom House.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Govt. House, Levuka, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/33
Scope and Contents

203 x 137 mm. A view from the hills behind the town down on the original Government House, with the harbour in the background. The building is an extensive single-storeyed construction with a large lawn in front, on which can be seen members of the Armed Native Constabulary. Part of this complex was transferred to Suva in 1882. The bure or houses are on the Armed Constabulary parade ground.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Govt. House, Levuka, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/34
Scope and Contents

200 x 138 mm. A view from the Government House jetty, looking back towards the house and the hills beyond.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Jail and court house, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham K/1
Scope and Contents

[View from the sea].

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham K/2
Scope and Contents

[View from the sea].

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham K/3
Scope and Contents

[Jetty].

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/26
Scope and Contents

View of the town and harbour from above.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/32
Scope and Contents

202 x 135 mm. A view looking along the waterfront at Levuka, from the other end of the town to the preceding plate, showing the narrow built up area along the water’s edge and ships and boats in the harbour.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka, Fiji, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/71
Scope and Contents

193 x 141 mm. A view showing the Bank of New Zealand building in Levuka, a small one storey wooden building with a verandah. In front of the building stand three Fijians and four uniformed Europeans, presumably naval officers. Levuka was the site of the first white settlement in Fiji, a trading post which grew up after 1801 when the first Europeans arrived seeking sandalwood, but which was later abandoned in favour of Suva.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka Hospital, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/25
Scope and Contents

External view of the front.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka old capital, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A/31
Scope and Contents

223 x 176 mm. A view from a hill behind Levuka looking along the waterfront and showing shops and warehouses, and the town in the foreground. The capital was moved to Suva in 1882, and Levuka as a commercial centre lost most of its attraction. After a hurricane in 1886, many of the destroyed buildings were not replaced, and a comparison of photographs taken in 1880 and 1906 shows the town actually contracting in size.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Levuka Town : (bad light), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7325
Scope and Contents

[No print]. [Missing].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Nai-Koro-Koro, Near Levuko, Fiji, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/74
Scope and Contents

196 x 143 mm. A view near the beach, showing palm trees and a basic wooden bridge spanning a small stream. In the foreground is a wooden canoe with outrigger on which a Fijian is sitting.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Near Cemetery, Levuka, Fiji, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/76
Scope and Contents

198 x 139 mm. A view showing young men and boys posing for the camera, with palm trees and a small banana plantation in the background.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Nearing Levuka Sun 10 Feb, 1963-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham F/38
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

Dates: 1963-02-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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North end of Levuka, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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One end of Ovalau : close to Levuka, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7324
Scope and Contents

[No print]. [Missing].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Polynesian School, Levuka, Fiji

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091B
Scope and Contents A collection of five prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. They are accompanied by a paper-cutting from a Fijian newspaper which contains a letter from William Floyd explaining the origins and progress of the Polynesian School. Dated May 5 1888, it recounts how Floyd was approached the previous year by several Solomon Islanders who asked him to form a school. This he did in one of his empty cottages, and by the time this letter was written over fifty youths were...
Dates: 1888
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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R.E. Barracks, Vangandathe, 2006

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091I/22
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

Dates: 2006
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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