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Commodore Goodenough and Officers of the Pearl [Bathing], Waitovu, Ovalau, Fiji
- Date
- ca 1875
- Reference
- PA1-q-330-45-2
- Description
View of the Commodore and his officers bathing in a pool on the Waitova River
Commodore Goodenough was the officer commanding the Australian Squadron of the Royal Navy. In 1873 Gladstone's Government sent him to Fiji to report on the advisability of Britain annexing that country. With the British Consul in Fiji, Edgar Layard, Goodenough played a big part in the process which led to cession in 1874. Goodenough's flagship was HMS Pearl. He died in 1875 from an arrow wound recieved on Santa Cruz during a tour of duty.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album / Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand album
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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