Pearl HMS (Ship : 1855-1884)

Date: 1869-1873

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2333

Description: Comprises both official (S Papers) and private correspondence Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1866-1868

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2332

Description: Comprises both official (S Papers) and private letters Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1852-1932

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2834

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2599

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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

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).

Date: 1875

By: Messer, Adam Brunton (General), 1837?-1919; Potter, R B Lee (Group Captain), active 1950

Reference: A-093-028

Description: Three quarters portrait of a Vanuatuan man. His name may be Vate (inscribed on the work); or, more probably, "Vate" may be a version of Efate, the major island in Vanuatu. Other portraits in this sequence are inscribed with the name of the area in which the subject was painted The artist, who has signed with monogram ABM is likely, but not proven, to be Adam Brunton Messer, surgeon aboard H.M.S.Pearl, stationed in Australia, in 1875. Other Titles - Efate, New Hebrides Vanuatu Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - monogram ABM; Recto - bottom right - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, pasted to card 207 x 146 mm

Date: 1858-1875

From: Royal Naval Hospital Haslar : Surgeons' journals

Reference: Micro-MS-0646-3

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 20-23 Jan 1874

From: Barnes, L A W, fl 1875 : Log book of a Pacific tour aboard HMS Minotaur, HMS Pearl and HMS Sappho

Reference: MSY-6144-184

Description: Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Log page, 200 x 325mm

Date: 21-24 Nov 1873

From: Barnes, L A W, fl 1875 : Log book of a Pacific tour aboard HMS Minotaur, HMS Pearl and HMS Sappho

Reference: MSY-6144-166

Description: Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Log page, 200 x 325mm

Date: 21 Aug 1872-15 May 1873, 22 May 1873-20 Sept 1875

By: Barnes, L A W, active 1872-1875

Reference: MSY-6144

Description: Log book kept by Barnes while he was serving aboard HMS Minotaur, HMS Pearl and HMS Sappho. During the first voyage HMS Minotaur travelled from Portsmouth to Lisbon, Madeira and Gibraltar. During the second voyage HMS Pearl and HMS Sappho travelled from Portsmouth to Lisbon, Cape of Good Hope, Perth, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide and New Hebrides. During the second voyage Barnes was aboard HMS Sappho for most of the month of August 1875. The log book contains nautical entries, facts, maps and watercolours relating to the voyages. After the October 3rd 1874 entry, there is a longer commentary on the recovery of the ship McGregor off the coast of Fiji. Relationship complexity - See Micro-MS-Coll-20 for items relating to these voyages Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Processing information: Digitisation details - Volume includes inserted maps and sketches. These pages have been digitised in situ.

Date: 1796-1959

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2780-2793

Description: Comprises papers, files, correspondence and reports dealing with Fijian anthropology and administration. Includes material on history and myth, social life and consepts, as well as replies to questionnaires on material culture. Also records of the Cession of Fiji, and papers on early Native Administration. Includes photographs and articles on Fijian culture. Quantity: 14 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.