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Bourke, Edmund G, fl 1888-1892 :Album compiled during voyages of HMS Hyacinth in the Pacific
- Date
- [1888-1892]
- By
- Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004
- Reference
- PA1-f-242
- Description
Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892.
New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill.
Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii.
Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co.
Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii.
HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Albumen prints
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UnknownLevuka, Fiji
Date: [Between 1888 and 1892]
From: Bourke, Edmund G, fl 1888-1892 :Album compiled during voyages of HMS Hyacinth in the Pacific
Reference: PA1-f-242-45-2
Description: Photograph of Levuka, Fiji, taken between 1888 and 1892 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20 cm, mounted on album page
Levuka, Fiji
Date: [Between 1888 and 1892]
From: Bourke, Edmund G, fl 1888-1892 :Album compiled during voyages of HMS Hyacinth in the Pacific
Reference: PA1-f-242-45-1
Description: Photograph of Levuka, Fiji, taken between 1888 and 1892 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 19.2 cm, mounted on album page
Government buildings, Suva, Fiji
Date: [Between 1888 and 1892]
From: Bourke, Edmund G, fl 1888-1892 :Album compiled during voyages of HMS Hyacinth in the Pacific
Reference: PA1-f-242-47-2
Description: Photograph of Suva, Fiji, showing Government buildings, taken between 1888 and 1892 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 12.8 x 18.5 cm, with rounded corners, mounted on album page