Previously also known as Gilbert Islands, became independant from Britain on 19 July 1979.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands became British protectorates in 1892 and 1893, administered as a single entity. Annexed by Britain as a colony in 1916.
Ellice Islands became independant on 1 October 1978, now known as Tuvalu.
Date: 1969-1970
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-02
Description: Other Titles - Marriage Patterns in the Ellice Islands. Other Titles - A Study of marriage patterns in the Gilbert Islands Other Titles - Sunday Observance in Samoa Other Titles - A Study of True and False in the Religion of Luther: insights for the Methodist Church of Fiji Other Titles - Adolescence in and around Tarawa. Other Titles - Jeremiah's Message in the Pacific Setting. Other Titles - Indigenization of Worship in the Gilbert Islands. Other Titles - Evangelization Other Titles - The Diocese of Polynesia, 1868-1910 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Date: 1984-1987 - 1990 - 1994-1995
Reference: OHColl-1389
Description: Contains video recordings produced by Savco Limited, including documentaries directed by Jeremiah (Jerry) Alexander Savage about the culture, society, and development of Fiji and other nations of the Pacific. Additional videotapes include footage of cities, resorts, events, and activities captured across these regions, and other recordings of New Zealand. Title supplied by Library. Savco Ltd was incorporated on 1 Aug 1990 with Jeremiah (Jerry) Alexander Savage as director. A previous name was Vidpro (NZ) Ltd. Quantity: 206 videocassette(s) U-matic video cassette. 5 videocassette(s) Betacam. 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1984 - 1990 - 1994 - 1987 - 1995
Date: 1946-1955
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-08/02
Description: Includes correspondence with authors and researchers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes 5 photographs, taken in Phoenix Islands
Date: 1818-1930
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1651
Description: Selected records from the archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster with relevance to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Date: [ca 1894]
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0009
Description: The novel is based on Moors' experience in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands as a labour recruiter for the Hawaiian Board of Immigration. The title page states that it is `from the diary of John T Bradley'. Preface by Arthur Mahaffey. The novel was never published. As an agent for the Hawaiian Board of Immigration he made several voyages to the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands around 1880 to recruit labourers for Hawaii's sugar plantations. In 1883 he settled in Apia, Western samoa, and became a successful trader and planter. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index.
Date: 30 Jan 1944
By: Lucas, Jim, active 1944
Reference: MS-Papers-9964
Description: Comprises transcript of letter written by Lucas to A M replying to one from him (Maurice), in which he describes the US Marine Corps landing at Tarawa, the deaths of many of his friends and others. He refers frequently to having been in Wellington and to being a journalist. Source of title - Supplied Lucas had been in New Zealand, probably in 1943 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
From: Haas, Anthony Roger David, 1944- : Papers
Reference: 86-102-009
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es). Finding Aids: See preliminary list for further details.
Date: 1894
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MSX-4520
Description: Contents include Maori implements and weapons; Moa and glacial advent; Te Karakia a Tama; Makutu, Sandwich Islands; The Kuri Maori- beachcombers; Gilbert Group; Maori astronomy; Chatham Islands; Gilbert Islanders; Early settlers in NZ; Ancient Maori life; Tawhio; Rarotongan land tenure Quantity: 1 volume(s) (63 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter (marbled cover) Finding Aids: Index at front of volume. Processing information: Transferred from Reference Section, Jan 1997 (q572.9931 BES).
Date: 1942-1970
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1077
Description: Contains the `Genealogical book of the Royal Family of Abemama', and circular notices of the Japanese Dictrict Officer in the Gilberts 1942-1943, with translations. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998
Date: 1914-1956
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1113
Description: Poor quality photocopy of the original. Covers the history of the firm W R Carpenter and Company Ltd, and its trading and shipping activities in Papua, as well as its expansion into copra plantations, until its takeover by Morris Hedstrom and Company in 1956. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2003
Date: 1994 - 2001 - 1996 - 2005
By: Carlin, Jocelyn, 1955-2017
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Carlin-2005
Description: Set of cards includes: "Piupiu", Waitomo Aotearoa 1994 "Boys", Waikanae, Aotearoa 1996 "Mary", Tarawa, Kiribati 2001 "Mrs Tise Fauolo", Savai'i, Samoa, 2002 "Kakashi", Tokyo, Japan, 2004 "Flowers", Norfolk Island 2005 Two sets held. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on cards, 192 x 129 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the publisher in 2006.
Date: 1839-1840
By: Hale, Horatio Emmons, 1817-1896
Reference: qMS-0904
Description: Title continues:`...made during his voyage with the United States Exploring Expedition'. Hale records the groups of islands visited, notes briefly the way they were received at the various islands, includes a series of discourses on the various religions, the languages, the different dialects, social manners and customs etc of the islands and includes vocabularies of dialects of various islands. Islands visited include New Hebrides, Ellice, Samoa, De Peyster, Fakaafo, Drummond's Island (Kingsmill Group) and Pitts Island. Source of title - Transcribed from vendor's description Quantity: 1 volume(s) (190 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (30 cm; ½ green velvet calf, marbled boards)
Date: 1934-1937
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1261
Description: Letters, mainly to his mother; some original, but most are copies typed for circulation among his family. Describes his voyage to Sydeny and thence to Ocean Island, Tarawa and the Southern Gilbert Islands. Include detailed descriptions of the various islands, transport, accommodation, food, local governments, dances, rivalry between Protestant and Catholic missions, leprosy and British Phosphate Commission labour practices. Source of title - Transcribed Cyril Cartwright, who was with the British Colonial Service, was appointed to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1934. In Jun 1934, he toured the Central Gilberts and in July was made acting District Agent in the Southern Gilberts, based at Beru. In Jun 1935 he became Government Secretary on Ocean Island, remaining on the Island with four other Europeans after most of the other Europeans and some Chinese and Gilbertese were evacuated in Mar 1942. He died during the Japanese occupation, probably in 1943. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2006
Date: [1940-1996]
From: Hughes, H G Alun (Dr), fl 1946-2003 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5999
Description: Comprises fiche for six topics (1) Index to R P Gilson's papers on Samoa from PMB 1003 (2 fiche); notes on Gilbertese custom and tradition from Te Nutipepa (2 fiche); bibliographies on education in Samoa, Guam and Micronesia (1996); and Hughes's correspondence re Pacific matters (1976-1990) Quantity: 5 (microfiche items) (13 fiche).
Date: [ca 1955]
By: Grimble, Arthur Francis (Sir), 1888-1956
Reference: MS-Papers-7204
Description: Drafts of Grimble's two books of his experiences on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as Resident Commissioner, `A Pattern of islands' and `Return to the islands'. Consist of heavily annotated typescripts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations
Date: [ca 1894]
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0010
Description: The novel is based on Moors' experiences in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands as a labour recruiter for the Hawaiian Board of Immigration. The title page states that it is `compiled from the diary of John T Bradley, labor agent'. The novel was never published. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index.
Date: n d
From: Westbrook, George Egerton Leigh, 1860-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0061-079A
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: ca 1953
By: Laxton, Paul Beaumont, active 1940s-1950s
Reference: PAColl-4457
Description: Sequence of photographs of a man performing an action song supported by the men and women behind him. He is seated cross-legged on a mat and wears garlands round his head, neck and arms. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: A photocopy with the photographs describes them as from a film lent to C R H Taylor in 1953 - prints of Film `A' P B Laxton.
Date: 1964-1984
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1275-6
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1032
Description: Collections of tales, legends and other traditional myths from the Gilbert Islands. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory..