Samarai

Date: 1888

By: Sandys, Edward Roper Stapleton, 1845-

Reference: B-075-016

Description: A small tree-clad island in a waterway. The China Straits, at the southern tip of New Guinea, are now known as Samarai. Other Titles - [Samarai, Papua New Guinea] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal on paper, 270 x 461 mm

Date: [ca 1910-1915]

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau: Digitised records from the Pacific Area

Reference: PMB-Photo2

Description: Digitised photographs of Samarai, Kwato, Abau Island, Port Moresby and elsewhere in Papua, documenting Henry Dexter's experiences as a plantation manager. Image list: AU PMB PHOTO 2-001 "Native House. Tide flows underneath." AU PMB PHOTO 2-002 "Samarai. Population 120. Area 59 acres. Path round Samarai, some of the 600 tourists off the [ship] can be seen." AU PMB PHOTO 2-003 "Kwato Island girls making mats." AU PMB PHOTO 2-004 "Canoes getting ready for racing at Kwato. Printed by Harringtons. 252." AU PMB PHOTO 2-005 "Canoe racing at Samarai, [ship] in background. Printed by Harringtons." AU PMB PHOTO 2-006 "17. Sports Day. Crowd in front of store. Shows McGregor and a bit of Jansen. A little bit of the island on the right. (Probably on Samarai island. On the right may be Ebuma.)" AU PMB PHOTO 2-007 "A wedding at Kwato. The bride is Mrs Austin." AU PMB PHOTO 2-008 "Cricket ground at Kwato. (Facing South-West. Logeia Island in the background.)" AU PMB PHOTO 2-009 "The Store, H.D., half castes & natives. Dinah Doe, then 13 oz cat (??) poseing in front of the baby (?) my boys are 1st & 4th from me 1st Geoffrey, 4th Dunstan. (At Cape Rodnei.)" AU PMB PHOTO 2-010 "H.D., Laki (Cookboy) & dog at entrance to tremporary humpy occupied while new house being built. Stamala (?) Plantation, Cape Rodney. Papua E.D. (?) May 1916." AU PMB PHOTO 2-011 "Solomon-Papuan halfcastes interested in the first Decca Gramophone. Outside of Store." AU PMB PHOTO 2-012 "Unlabelled. Store, H.D., natives and gramophone." AU PMB PHOTO 2-013 "Milne Bay natives dressed for a dance." AU PMB PHOTO 2-014 "One of the young crocodiles collected for the southern zoo (1910). H.D. left." AU PMB PHOTO 2-015 "9. The Residency, Abau Island, Papua E.C.D." AU PMB PHOTO 2-016 "10. Native armed Constabulary, Abau Island, Papua E.C.D. 1410 021932." AU PMB PHOTO 2-017 "11. Some of the prisoners at Abau gaol, on right (extreme) the double ironed and handcuffed man, is the one who killed the sergeant. May 1915. Papua E.C.D. 1410 021932." AU PMB PHOTO 2-018 "Print as above. No label." AU PMB PHOTO 2-019 "Abau Police and their wives." AU PMB PHOTO 2-020 "1. Tattood native Girl of the Central Division, Papua. Photograph by A. & K. Gibson, Port Moresby, Papua. 1410 021932." AU PMB PHOTO 2-021 "Sir Rupert Clarke's Exp' up the Fly River. The tribe who wear(?) only a shell (?) [sheath]. Frank Pryke on right. Frank is a very immaculate individual when in civilization." AU PMB PHOTO 2-022 "Sir Rupert Clarke's exp' up the Fly River" AU PMB PHOTO 2-023 "Where the Fly River crosses into Papuan territory." AU PMB PHOTO 2-024 "No label. Papuan beauty with the rive in background." AU PMB PHOTO 2-025 "3. Rough idea of a River in Papua" AU PMB PHOTO 2-026 "Postcard. Native bridge at junction of two mountain rivers. Mafulu (?), Papua. Text on back: Miss Dexter, Stubb Hill" AU PMB PHOTO 2-027 "Postcard 1. Rona Falls, Port Moresby." AU PMB PHOTO 2-028 "Postcard 3. Elevara Village, Port Moresby. (Marked 4.) Text on back: Miss Dexter, Stubb Hill" AU PMB PHOTO 2-029 "Postcard 5. Elevara Village, Port Moresby." AU PMB PHOTO 2-030 "Postcard 6. Purari River Cannibals." AU PMB PHOTO 2-031 "No label. Haus tambaram." AU PMB PHOTO 2-032 "No label. Trading canoe with sails." AU PMB PHOTO 2-033 "No label. Man in ceremonial dress with drum." AU PMB PHOTO 2-034 "No label. Whiteman." AU PMB PHOTO 2-035 "A Malayan Sakai shooting monkeys with a blow pipe, and poisonous darts." AU PMB PHOTO 2-036 "Making sole (?) crepe in Geghi Sembilan, F.M.S." AU PMB PHOTO 2-037 "A fine field of young rubber. Ground covered with a cover plant, to lessen cost of weeding." AU PMB PHOTO 2-038 "Ap 1924. A small piece of clearing that got out of hand and cost $30,000 to get it back. Now in harmless grasses." AU PMB PHOTO 2-039 "Sep/22. Saty afternoon. Doing a little gardening in readiness for Mrs H's return. H.D." AU PMB PHOTO 2-040 "The excuse for the beer in my hand is that it is Armistice Day." AU PMB PHOTO 2-041 "Ramasany & Suinamali on their wedding day" AU PMB PHOTO 2-042 "Seruubau Neghi Sembilan (?). MacIntosh (right) and his mate showing the natives" Henry Dexter arrived in Papua in 1910. Except for a break in Malaya in 1918-1924, he worked as a plantation manager, assistant resident magistrate, captain of coastal vessels and trader at Milne Bay until returning permanently to England in 1937. Quantity: 34 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). Finding Aids: See Pacific Manuscripts Bureau catalogue record at https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/index.php/photographs-from-samarai-kwato-abau-island-port-moresby-and-elsewhere-in-papua-2. Processing information: Image list from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau finding aid. Description updated 22 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member/researcher, as part of reparative description work.