Jawa (island)
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Kali Mas (gold River) in Soerabaija, with the Roodebrug (Red Bridge), centre of European trade, 1880 - 1899
287 x 204 mm. View looking along the Kali Mas, with wharves crowded with small vessels and lighters. The Red Bridge, presumably hidden behind boats, is not visible in this print.
Kali Mas (Gold River), Soerabaija, 1880 - 1899
277 x 186 mm. View looking along the Kali Mas in Surabaya, here seen crowded with small trading vessels. The river is here embanked into a canal lined with commercial premises, with a railway running along the road to the left of the river.
Kleine Boom, Semarang, 1880 - 1899
170 x 118 mm. View looking along a canal lined with small steam vessels.
Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915
A letter from Sir Stamford Raffles in Batavia to Charles Grant, Chairman of the East India Company, 25 October 1815 (3 pages), defending Raffles' administrative record in Java, written before he had received news of the decision to return Java to the Dutch. There is an undated typescript copy of this letter (2 pages) and a photocopy of a second letter, written by Raffles in Singapore to David Brown, 12 November 1822 (3 pages).
Near Garoet [Garut], Java, 1870 - 1900
241 x 189 mm. View showing a roadside thatched hut, with cloud-wreathed mountains in the distance.
On the Poentjak Pass, 1870 - 1900
242 x 190 mm. View looking along scrub covered hillside towards a vertical ridge of rock. With a small building (? containing a well) and a Javanese group in the foreground.
Panorama (Paradeplein), Samarang, 1880 - 1899
167 x 118 mm. General view from across a canal looking towards the Government Offices.
Protestaantsche Kerk, Semarang, 1880 - 1899
170 x 120 mm. General view of the Protestant Church on Heerenstraat, with a well in the foreground. The main body of the church is polygonal, capped by an unattractive dome. The main entrance from Heerenstraat is in the form of two towers fronted by a portico.
Reception for Queen's Day, 1952, Djakarta [i.e. Jakarta]
175 x 120 mm. Photograph of the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Wilope, proposing the toast of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at a reception given by H.E. Sir Derwent William Kermode (1898-1960) British Ambassador in Djakarta on 5 June 1952. Photograph by Ipphas, Indonesia. With accompanying correspondence.
Road to Sindanglaija, Java, 1870 - 1900
239 x 193 mm. View looking along the road which runs downhill between a deep cutting. Precise location unidentified (? possibly the further side of the Poetjak Pass).
Ronding Semarangsche Rivier voor het Bandjir Kanaal, Semarang, 1880 - 1899
167 x 119 mm. View showing a bend in the Semarang River, with open country beyond. The Bandjir Canal presumably runs beyond the further bank along the line of raised level ground.
Stadhuis (Government Offices), Semarang, 1880 - 1899
167 x 118 mm. General view from across a canal looking towards the Government Offices, a three storey terrace roofed building with paired pilasters in the piers between the bay of windows.
Street with temple in Soerabaija, 1880 - 1899
277 x 186 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in Surabaya towards a temple at the further end.
The River Tji-liwong at Batavia, 1880 - 1899
275 x 201 mm. View looking along the river (here embanked to form a canal), with a tree-lined avenue running along the left-hand bank.
Uitkyk (Look-Out), Semarang, 1880 - 1899
169 x 120 mm. View from the waterfront looking toward the harbour look-out building.
Verlengede Kerkstraat, Semarang, 1880 - 1899
167 x 120 mm. View looking along the street, with the Protestant Church visible at the far end. With the Smarangsche Apotheek in the left foreground.
War diary, 1941-12 - 1942-03
A narrative of Reilly's experience of the war in Singapore and her evacuation to Australia via Java (20 sheets). The file includes a letter from Reilly explaining the diary' s background.
Young orang-utang, 2 yrs old, Buitenzorg [probably now known as Bogor], 1926-01
60 x 105 mm. Showing a young orang-utang clinging to the post of a verandah. Bell saw the animal at the home of the Director of the Garden of Economic Planning on January 18 1926.