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Photograph album of Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga
- Date
- 1884
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
- Reference
- PA1-f-178
- Description
Photographs of Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga taken by Alfred Burton on a cruise of these islands on the Ship "Wairarapa" in 1884. It appears that this album was compiled by a fellow passenger on the Wairarapa
See also "The Camera in the Coral Islands : a series of photographs illustrating the the scenery and the mode of life in the Fijis, the Navigator Islands (Samoa), the Friendly Islands (Tonga) taken during the two trips to the South Seas of the Union S.S. Co.'s "Wairarapa", in June and July, 1884 / by Burton Brothers" held in the Alexander Turnbull Library at Pam NZ.PAM 6477
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
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Fijian village near Suva
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-30-1
Description: Fijian woman standing towards the sea with her back to village houses Burton Brothers number 2530 Another print of this image is at PA1-o-089-06 Another print of this image is at PA7-04-33-18 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mango, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-25-1
Description: Two Fijians standing beside a bush railway in a clearing in the forest, Island of Mango Burton Brothers number Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
From the Pool, Waitova, Levuka, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-23-1
Description: View of a pool which is probably above the falls on the Waitovu River, about 3 kms from Levuka. Two Fijians stand beside the pool, and one sits on the bank on the image's left. The view is backed by thick forest Burton Brothers number 2565 Another print of this image is at PA1-o-089-19 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Fijian sugar field, Mango. Cutting the cane
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-33-2
Description: A field of sugar cane with cutters working in the background. Nearer the camera men are carrying the cane away in bundles on their backs Burton Brothers number 2599 Another print of this image is at PA7-06-19 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Suva, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-40-1
Description: Group of mainly Fijian children and some men Burton Brothers number 2522 This group was taken on Saturday, July 12, 1884, at a village that Burton states was about 2 miles from Suva Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
The Lagoon, Mango, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-29-2
Description: Burton Brothers number 2588 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Levuka, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-28-2
Description: General view looking down on Levuka from the surrounding hills Burton Brothers number 2544 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Levuka, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-27-1
Description: General view looking down on Levuka from the surrounding hills Burton Brothers number 2542 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
In a native village near Suva, Fiji
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-39-2
Description: A group of Fijian men and one woman holding a child photographed against tropical plants with the sea beyond. The corner of a house can be seen on the left hand side of the picture Burton Brothers number 2518 Other prints of this image are at PA1-o-089-04, and PA7 04-32 Photographed on Saturday 12 July 1884 at a village Burton states was about 2 miles from Suva Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Fijian sugar field, Mango. Loading the cane
Date: 1884
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA1-f-178-38-1
Description: Two European men leaning on a load of sugar cane packed on a rail trolly. Behind them several Fijian field labourers can be seen carrying bundles of cane on their shoulders. A third European man watches them. The edge of a cane field can be seen on the right of the picture, and what looks like young plants on the left. There are coconut palms in the background through which more cane fields and forested hills can be seen Burton Brothers number 2600 Another print of this image is at PA1-o-089-20 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).