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Published by Thomas Kelly, London, undated.

Scope and Contents Album of prints measuring approximately 200 x 250 mm or 285 x 220 mm, generally one to a page and most with typed captions. There are also two loose photographs inserted into the back of the album. Subjects include: Government House in Sydney, Kangaroo hunting in New South Wales, the National Park in NSW, Auckland Harbour in New Zealand, Lake Rotomahana, Maori portraits, Onemea Bay in Hawaii, a surf boat, an Hawaiian house, hula hula dancers, His Majesty King Kalakana and staff, and Fijian...

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A collection of three glass plate negatives measuring 215 x 165 mm, briefly captioned and signed by the photographer, S.H. Davis. Modern prints have been made from the negatives.

Scope and Contents 265 x 207 mm. A view showing a man standing amongst dense ferns and shrubs. The typewritten caption on the back of the mount reads (in full): 'In the fern forest near the Volcano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, 1904. Tempest Anderson 1909.The Volcano House at a height of about 4000 feet has a temperate climate, while at the sea level the heat is tropical. The low-lands are mostly cleared for sugar plantations; above this comes the forest zone reaching on the windward side to about the...

Scope and Contents An album containing mounted photographs of various sizes, generally uncaptioned. Inside the front cover of the album is written: 'Taken by Wilfred Powell, Deputy Commissioner for the Western Pacific of Samoa,' but the photographs were probably also taken by members of his family - and by the commercial photographer J. Davis of Apia, who died in 1903. Davis’s shop appears in Y309B/50. Little information is given with regard to locations and events, and many of the captions composed must be...

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243 x 176 mm. Showing crowds in the gardens, with the palace buildings in the background. The caption reads 'This is a view of the Royal Palace on the 50th birthday of the late King'. The King referred to in the caption is King David Kalakaua (1836-1891).

Scope and Contents 243 x 182 mm. Showing King David Kalakaua (1836-1891) and his sister Liliuokalani (1838-1917) standing in front of the obelisk erected near the spot at which Captain Cook was killed in 1779. The caption reads 'This is a visit by the King and Queen of Honolulu to Captn. Cook's monument at the island of Hawaii which is governed and owned by Honolulu. The King is the big man in white in front leaning on the gun, the woman on the other side is his sister. The next man his the King's...