Wife of Olaf Frederick Nelson, Leader of the Mau movement in Samoa. Though Mrs Nelson became estranged from her husband, she became a leader of the Samoan women's Mau. Daughter of well-known trader Harry Jay Moors (1854-1926).
Filoi Samoana Taisi, active 1909-1930
Moors, Rosabel Edith, active 1909-1930, Nelson, Rosabel Edith, active 1909-1930
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Manuscript
Nelson, Olaf Frederick, 1883-1944 : Correspondence
Date: 1928-1933
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
By: Nelson, Olaf Frederick, 1883-1944
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0712
Description: Includes correspondence with H E Holland, Chairman of the New Zealand Labour Party, Nelson's wife Rosabel, and Mau leaders during Nelson's banishment from Samoa Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB
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Gleeson, Francis Joseph 1908-1993 :Album of photographs of the Mau uprising, Western Sa...
Date: 1930
By: Gleeson, Francis Joseph, 1908-1993; Penrice, Marie, 1933-
Reference: PA1-o-795
Description: This is an interesting and important document in relation to the Mau, the Samoan nationalist movement against the New Zealand administration. It was compiled by a young police officer sent to Samoa as part of a larger contingent, to put down the Mau. They arrived in Samoa in very early 1930, soon after the police shootings of Mau demonstrators which had resulted in the death of the Mau leader, Chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi 111. As well as the police, the New Zealand Government had sent the warship Dunedin and armed marines. The marines and the police searched villages and arrested Mau members, many of whom had gone underground or into hiding. The open political activities of the Mau were continued by the women's wing of the movement. To keep the economy of Samoa going as a result of a lack of labour for the plantations, the authorities brought in indentured chinese labour. All of this is reflected in the album. As well as official and commercial photographs, about two thirds of the images were taken by Gleeson himself. These give a somewhat "behind the scenes" view of the situation. They show the photographer Tattersall at work in the midst of a Fono, many informal photos of Mau members and their leaders, armed marines arresting Mau, rounding them up and stripping them of the Mau insignia - a white stripe worn on the lava lava. There are also social events like Samoan football games and Gleeson and his friends with their Samoan hosts who billeted them on their rounds. The arrival and processing of the Chinese labourers is covered in detail. There are a number of formal photographs of The Mau and Tamasese lying in state as well as scenic and other Samoan views. Hei whakatūpato: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei taonga. Warning: Please be aware this object/item contains images of human remains. Quantity: 1 album(s).