Commodore James Graham Goodenough was born in England. Son of Dr Edmund Goodenough, Dean of Wells Cathedral. In 1873 when he was officer commanding the Australian Squadron of the Royal Navy, Goodenough was sent to Fiji by Gladstone's government to report on the advisability of Britain annexing that country. With the British Consul to Fiji, Edgar Layard, Goodenough played a big part in the process which led to cession in 1874. He died in 1875 from an arrow wound received on Santa Cruz during a tour of duty.
Goodenough, James Graham, 1830-1875
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Manuscript
General correspondence
Date: 1871-1880
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
By: Stanmore, Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, Baron, 1829-1912
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1636
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Date: [ca 1873-1875]
By: Gaul, John, -1876; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926
Reference: PA1-q-330
Description: Includes views New Zealand, Pacific and Australia, including images of indigenous houses and plantations, and a series of 12 studio tableau portraits of Aboriginal Australians, taken by John William Lindt in 1873-1874. Kai Colo (Fijian people) - name for the people who live in the mountainous interior of Fiji. It's literal meaning is something like "mountaineer". This information was given by Dr Vicki Lukere (Luker), specialist in South Pacific history, Victoria University, 1997. A series of 12 studio tableau portraits of Aboriginal Australians by John Wiiliam Lindt, including three not found in this album, are at Library reference PA1-q-1317 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album. Provenance: Written comments in the album indicate that it might be associated with Commodore J Goodenough RN, who was appointed as a commissioner by the Crown to investigate the events that led to the annexation of Fiji. This album was compiled by an unidentified member of the Australian Division of the Royal Navy based at Sydney in the mid 1870s. The Australian Naval Station was responsible for policing the Pacific and supporting Britain's interests in the region. The one date associated with the album (1875) as well as some of the images, suggest that it was compiled soon after the cession of Fiji to the British Crown. The two ships associated with the album, HMS Blanche and HMS Pearl, were both stationed at Sydney and both were involved with events in Fiji before and during cession. HMS Pearl was Commodore Goodenough's flagship. He was the officer in charge of the Australian Naval Station at that time. He also played an important political role in the process of cession in Fiji. In the album he and his officers are shown swimming on Ovalau. The compiler of the album on the other hand, seems to have been personally associated with HMS Blanche. There are two pictures of this ship in the album as well as pictures of memorials erected by the captain and crew to one of their members. HMS Blanche had been active against the traffic in cheap labour in the South Pacific. In 1873 her paymaster, Lieutenant Nettleton, had acted as temporary British Consul in Fiji after the recall of E B March.
Manuscript
Journals and diaries JOD/119 - JOD/158
Date: 1852-1932
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2834
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Parsons, George, 1851-1933 : Diary
Date: 1873-7 Oct 1877, 18-30 Aug 1891
By: Parsons, George, 1851-1933
Reference: Micro-MS-0875
Description: Diary kept by George Parsons, Royal Navy, during voyage to Sydney on the `Hampshire', to join HMS `Pearl' for tour of duty in the Pacific area, (1873-1877). He describes time spent on shore in Sydney and other Australian ports, and Pacific islands visited and encounters with the islanders. He also two visits to New Zealand with descriptions of Auckland, Kawau Island (met Sir George Grey), and Wellington and mentions his visit to the General Assembly Library, Wellington, in Feb 1875. Describes in detail the incident which led to the death of Commodore Goodenough from tetanus following an attack with a poison-tipped spear at Santa Cruz (Solomon Islands) in Aug 1875. Source of title - Supplied title Parsons joined the Royal Navy on 13 Sep 1872 and rose to the rank of Engineer Captain, serving on a number of vessels. See AT 13/11 10 Apr 1993 for extensive biographical notes on him by his grand-son, Dr M A Parsons Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Microfilm of holograph Contains some pencil sketches
Manuscript
Correspondence MSS 44142 - 44225
Date: 1845-1885
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2231
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Commodore Goodenough and Officers of the Pearl [Bathing], Waitovu, Ovalau, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
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).
Manuscript
Correspondence of Lady Gordon and Lady Ryan
Date: 1875-1876
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1633
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence MSS 44225 (continued) - 44238
Date: 1840-1883
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2232
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Manuscript
Parts 16/1/3 to 20
Date: 1876-1885
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1970
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Manuscript
Admirals' despatches - Foreign and other Offices (ADM 1/ 6538-39, 6541-42, 6546)
Date: 1879-1881
From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-3357
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Illuminated address presented to E L Layard by the European residents of Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-53-2
Description: Edgar Leopold Layard was the British Consul appointed to Fiji to look into the advisability of that country ceding to Britain. In this he was supported by Commodore James Goodenough, officer commanding the Australian squadron of the Royal Navy. The Document of cession was signed in 1874 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Manuscript
Written papers, some published
Date: 1952-1969
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1196-02
Description: Comprises: `Background to the Islands, problems seen in Tonga' (1952); `The establishment of the Central Archives of Fiji and the WPHC' (1959); `Kinship and occupational succession' (1965); book review of Angus Ross' work `New Zealand aspirations in the Pacific in the nineteenth cenury' (ca 1964); `Relation of historical studies to anthropological techniques' (n d); `History and anthropology' (1965); `Anthropology and history' (1967); `Obituary of H M Queen Salote of Tonga 1900-1965' (1966), including correspondence; `Tongan and Papaalangi, anomie in Polynesia' (1968); Macmillan Brown lectures and correspondence (1968-1969); book review of P A Snow's work `A Bibliography of Fiji, Tonga and Rotuma' (1972); `Reaction to the proceedings of the Goodenough Layard Commission' (n d); `The Liquor problem in Fiji to 1911' (n d); `Some problems of the Pacific' (n d); `Memo on the WPHC 1878-1893' (n d); `The Deed of Cession, the evolution of a Fijian myth' (1960). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Manuscript
Melanesian Mission : Papers
Date: 1847-1965
By: Melanesian Mission
Reference: Micro-MS-0752
Description: Correspondence of missionaries and others interested in Fiji, 1870s' including references to Bishop Patteson's murder and to the labour trade. Correspondence of C E Fox 1952-1953, and drafts of the Lord of the Southern Isles, and other writings. Letters re annexation of Fiji. Articles by Eric Ramsden and others. Letters to Miss Rice, Oxford, mainly from Melanesia. Texts of writings of George Sarawia. Papers on Melanesia read by R E Tempest to English audiences. Correspondence and diaries of Henry Welchman 1887-1908. Photographs etc Includes a letter by Helen Welchman on Norfolk Island, describing her mission activities, the school at Siota, and the behaviour of local brides at their weddings, 1896 Other Titles - Lord of the Southern Isles The Anglican Mission to Melanesia was founded by Bishop Selwyn in 1849. The Mission's activities extended over the islands west of Fiji, including the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. The headquarters and training school were at Auckland 1849-1867, then at Norfolk Island until 1920, when the training school moved to the Solomon Islands, with the diocesan office being opened in Auckland. In 1975 the Mission became the Church of Melanesia, with its headquarters at Honiara. The London office was mainly concerned with forwarding supplies and raising finance. Quantity: 5 microfilm reel(s) negative. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.