Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) - Social life and customs

Date: 1796-1797

By: Puckey, William, 1776-1828

Reference: MS-1794

Description: Journal of a missionary in Tahiti Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Letter from Mair to Turnbull, 16/2/10 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (235 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (21 cm; red binding case)

Date: Jan 1791-Feb 1794

By: Bell, Edward, active 1791-1794

Reference: qMS-2071-2073

Description: Journal of the voyage of the Armed Tender, HMS Chatham, captained by Lieutenant William Robert Broughton. HMS Chatham was one of the ships under the command of Captain Vancouver in his exploration of the Pacific and of the North American coast. Describes the voyage from England via Cape of Good Hope to Australia and New Zealand; activity at Dusky Sound, the discovery of the Chatham Islands, the voyage to Tahiti, with descriptions of the inhabitants, and of the Bounty mutineers. The voyage to Hawaii, with a description of the islands and their inhabitants, followed by the voyage to Canada and the Californian coast, before returning to Hawaii. Bell gives full accounts of the places and inhabitants visited. Publication - See: `[The journal of Edward Bell] from the time of the Chatham's being put in commission till her departure from England', by Edward Bell and Charles H Read. Edward Bell was the Clerk aboard the HMS Chatham during Vancouver's voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795. Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs & typed transcript Finding Aids: Detailed inventory of the journal available.. Provenance: Formerly in possession of Mr R T Pritchett. Purchased by A H Turnbull from Maggs Bros, London, 1908.

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-021

Description: Shows a row of the backs of figures seated on the ground in the foreground. Some sit on mats and some have woven baskets with them. Beyond are several standing figures, in groups. Photographed in E-918-q, 342/169b. Copy at E-914-q-003. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Visit to Tahiti was in 1936 but print was made in early 1937. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 177 x 254 mm, on tissue 233 x 265 mm.

Date: 1862-1928

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1034

Description: Papers collected by Brisson, mainly on Tahitian and Tuamotu genealogies, legends, traditions and chants, as well as local gepgraphical names, and names for months, seasons and moons. Papers are in French, English, Tahitian and Tuamotu languages. Captain Brisson was a well known ship master and trader, based in Tahiti. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory..

Date: ca 1900 - 1930

By: Gorton, F G, active 1930s

Reference: PAColl-4381

Description: Set of photographs of Tahiti: Motu-uta (Quarantine Island) with a sea reef in the distance and some people in canoes in the foreground; a view over Papeete with a church in the foreground; the steamer Croix du Sud and a schooner at the government wharf; a man in traditional clothing standing in a cave with a life size stone carving in the shape of a man next to him; a yacht in a bay silhouetted against the sunset; a Tahitian couple on a hill overlooking a broad bay; and a group of men with spears standing in a circle round some women crouching next to what may be a dead person - a man is standing behind the group with his arms raised. Also from the same set are four photographs of a group of Europeans on board a ship, three showing them a holding bouquetsll in fancy dress. Also included are photographs of four women in white dresses wearing elaborate hats and holding bouquets, and a group of men and women onl a picnic with a white tablecloth laid with tea cups etc. F G Gorton was the honorary consulate to the British consul in Tahiti in 1936 and may have assembled this collection. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1778 - 1779

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Warren, Alfred William, active 1800s

Reference: A-111-123-a

Description: A young woman, her nether regions wrapped in many layers of tapa --Same: 2nd copy. [Anr. ed.]. - At foot of plate: Vol.1, page 32. Derived from engraving by Bartolozzi after Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Pl. 27. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 214 x 162 mm, on sheet 244 x 207 mm

Date: 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-027

Description: Shows a group of seven people (six men and one woman) seated on the ground, possibly processing food. Photographed in E-918-q, 326/194. Copies at 351/194a and 485/194b. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 190 x 260 mm.

Date: 1777 - 1790

From: Webber, John, 1751-1793 :[Engravings to illustrate Cook's voyages] / Beilby & Bewick sculpt. - [Newcastle ; Printed by M Brown, 1790?]

Reference: A-111-071

Description: Shows a view of Fare Harbour with peaked mountains in the back. In the bay are the `Resolution' and the `Discovery', and many native craft. There are palm trees at the centre and the far right. By the shore a group of natives are tending a double canoe with a deck-house. In the background and along the shore are native huts. On the far right is Mount Turi. Derived from engravings by Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, plate 135 x 207 mm, on sheet 142 x 223 mm

Date: 1768-1773

From: Banks, Joseph (Sir), 1743-1820 : Letters and journals

Reference: MS-Papers-0155-07

Description: Includes Bank's description of manners and social customs on Otaheite. Written in Holland, 1773 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Byrne, William, 1743-1805

Reference: C-131-031

Description: A sweeping view of Fare Harbour with peaked mountains in the back. In the bay are the `Resolution' and the `Discovery' , and many native craft. Palm trees are at the centre and left. By the shore a group of natives are tending a double canoe with a deck-house. In the background and along the shore are native huts. On the far left is Mount Turi. Other Titles - Fare Harbour Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 31 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 260 x 488 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790

Reference: C-131-029-c

Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815

Reference: C-131-027-c

Description: A girl wearing a `dress' consisting of a prodigous quantity of tapa cloth bound about her waist. This, and the two feather gorgets, or breast plates, fastened to the `hoop' of her skirt were intended as presents to Captain Cook. She is wearing flowers in her hair and has her right breast uncovered. Palm trees and other vegetation can be seen in the background. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 27 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 225 x 180 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815

Reference: C-131-027

Description: A girl wearing a `dress' consisting of a prodigous quantity of tapa cloth bound about her waist. This, and the two feather gorgets, or breast plates, fastened to the `hoop' of her skirt were intended as presents to Captain Cook. She is wearing flowers in her hair and has her right breast uncovered. Palm trees and other vegetation can be seen in the background. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 27 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 225 x 180 mm

Date: 1800

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-066

Description: A young Tahitian woman with her lower limbs wrapped in a large roll of tapa, two feathered gorgets on a pole in front of her Derived from engraving after Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Pl. 27. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 239 x 188 mm, on sheet 296 x 238 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790

Reference: C-131-029-b

Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790

Reference: C-131-029-a

Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm

Date: 1880

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-061-026

Description: Shows natives in European dress, with huts and a school in the background. Signed: H.A.S. Painted while the artist was serving as paymaster on board H.M.S. Pelican. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 292 mm

Date: 1855

From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].

By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?

Reference: E-548-013-1

Description: Shows interior of hut, with four Tahitians kneeling around a large bowl, three demonstrating by pointing to their mouths as naked child offers small bowl to the fourth man. A [French?] sailor holds the hand of a Tahitian woman who offers him a bowl. Other Titles - Inside a hut / interior of a house, 19 September 1855 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / le 19 septembre / 1855[?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink on paper 100 x 148 mm, stuck to page 273 x 215 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.

Date: [1950-1976]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-111

Description: Papers delivered by various people; `Survey of some animal problems of Niue Island' by K Wodzicki (1976?); review by R Crocombe of `Tahitians; mind and experience in the Society Islands' by R Levy (1973); paper for UN Human Rights seminar on apartheid (Brazil, 1966) by McEwen Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1800 - 1810

From: Artist unknown :[South Seas views from Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo. Venezia, Antonelli, 1841]

Reference: A-119-049

Description: Plate 81 volume 3 of an illustrated Italian publication. An upper plate showing a scene from Tahiti with a man hoeing sugar cane plants, two European-style houses in the background . The lower plate shows a Tahitian man with a fly-whisk hitting out at flies Other Titles - Cultivaton of sugar cane in the island of Tahiti. A native of Tahiti defending himself from flies Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two hand-coloured lithographs on one sheet, 296 x 201 mm