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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.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 album(s), Albumen prints, Photographs, Photograph album.
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[Coastal view], Somosomo, [Taveuni, Fiji]
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-48-2
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Waitovu [Falls], Ovalau, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-44
Description: View of waterfalls on the Waitovu River, Ovalau, Fiji The Waitovu Falls are situated about 3 kms north of Levuka near the Village of Waitova. From the 19th century they have been a tourist destination. The river also features a natural water slide as part of the falls Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Levuka, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-42-1
Description: View of waterfront and buildings, Levuka, Fiji, taken ca 1875 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 6 x 9.3 cm
Waitovu Falls, Ovalau, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-45-1
Description: View of falls on the Waitovu River, Ovalau, Fiji Falls located on the Waitovu River 3 kms north of Levuka. These falls have been a tourist destination since the 19th century Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
House and office of American Consul (Brower), Levuka, Fiji
Date: 1860s
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-43-1
Description: View of Dr Issac Mills Brower's House and office at Levuka. Issac Mills Brower became the US Consul in Fiji in 1860 and remained in that post until 1869. As the original label on this photograph describes the buildings as the house and office of the American Consul, it is likely that the photograph dates from before 1870 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
[View of water and vegetation Somosomo, [Taveuni, Fiji]
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-48-1
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
[View of coast and coastal vegetation] near Levuka, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-46-1
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Nasova, Levuka, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-43-2
Description: View of two thatched Bungalows and a flag pole, Nasova, Levuka Nasova is a suburb or community immediatly south of Levuka. It was probably the center of British administration prior to the Government's move to Suva in the early 1880s. These two buildings look like Government offices or residences Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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).
The Rewa River, Viti Levu, Fiji
Date: ca 1875
From: Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand album
Reference: PA1-q-330-47-1
Description: View of a short stretch of the Rewa River The Rewa River is the largest river in Viti Levu. It is fed by subsidiary rivers and drains the eastern part of the island. It enters the pacific ocean east of Suva and Laucala Bay. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).