Fiji, Samoa, and other Pacific locations

Photographic prints relating to various locations, including what appear to be copy prints, dated 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, and March 1980. Some have caption information inscribed verso.

Includes:

- "Roadside market, Lautoka, Fiji"

- "Street scene Apia, Western Samoa"

- "Beach at Vaisala, Savai'i Western Samoa"

- "Delegates to the Fiji Constitutional Conference (1970)" including Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Sir Robert Foster, and Lord Shepherd.

- Group portraits depicting Kamisese Mara, Ravindra Kumar, and K S Reddy.

- "Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara with group of ladies at Lautoka mayoral reception, 31 Jan 1976".

- "Ratu Sir Kamisese and Adi Lady Mara welcomed at Beijing airport", with Hua Juofeng, Prime Minister & Chairman of Chinese Communist Part, Li Xiannian Vice President & Vice Chairman of Chinese Communist Party, dated 19 June 1978.

- "Larsen and family in early days as Resident, Niue".

- "Ratu Sir Kamisese rising from the cleansing pool to be dubbed Tui Nayan, Tui Lau".

- "Early morning marketing, Suva, Fiji".

- "At Vaisala village, Savai'i, Western Samoa", stamped "used N.Z. Woman Magazine - Aug 1973".

- "Sanwan boys weaving baskets at Vaisala, Western Samoa".

- "Mara relaxing on way to Lomaloma, Lau Group, his birthplace".

- "Ratu Mara addressing the Legislative Council for 1st time as Chief Minister, Oct. 1967".

- "Young Mara as medical student"

- "Ratu Sir Kamisese, Lady Mara and their retainers at conclusion of the ceremony creating Mara Tui Nayau Tui Lau".

- "Afioga Va'ai Kolone at work in his plantations, Vaisala Savai'i, Western Samoa".

- "Fijian women washing, Taveuni, Fiji"

- "The Membership System - J N Falvey Mem. for Works, Communications, Ratu Kamisese Mara, Member for Natural Resources, A D Patel Member for Social Services, 1964".

- "Albert Henry welcomes Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji, to S[outh] P[acific] C[ommission] Cook Is[lands]".

- portrait of "Dr Lindsay Vierrier, Mara's mentor early days Fiji Medical School".

- "Tragedy of Romea & Juliet, Knox College ballet group, Otago University, Romea (centre) Mara, 1945".

And various other group portraits of Mara and others, mostly relating to Fiji.

Original enclosure annotated: "Pix Daily activities Fiji, Western Samoa - and Robert Rex knighthood conferred on Niue Selected for possible inclusion in 'Men of Mana' 2001/2 for Roger Steele".

Note, many of the copy prints in this collection are of images published in Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's book 'The Pacific Way: A Memoir', (University of Hawaii Press, 1997).

Title supplied by Library.

Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Colour and black and white photographic prints.