200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

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.

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

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

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.

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

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

[View from the sea].

[View from the sea].

[Jetty].

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.

View of the town and harbour from above.

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.

External view of the front.

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.

[No print]. [Missing].

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.

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.

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

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

[No print]. [Missing].

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.

200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.