Loyalty Islands

Date: 1847

Reference: Micro-MS-0370

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) negative.

Date: 1875

By: Messer, Adam Brunton (General), 1837?-1919

Reference: A-093-013

Description: View from the sea looking towards the coast with tall trees lining the cliff-tops Likely to be the work of Adam Brunton Messer, who was in the Pacific Islands in 1875. The style of the work and the handwriting match his Other Titles - South West side of Mare, Loyalty Islands [former title]. Group Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 322 mm

Date: 1873-1874

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3612

Description: Concerned with consular and diplomatic activities in the Australian colonies, and in the Fench Pacific colonies, especially with regard to the transportation of communards to New Caledonia, and trade with Tahiti. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1923-1951

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1011

Description: Letters to her family record daily life on a mission station in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands from the 1920s, through the depression, World War II and the post war years. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Date: 21 Jun 1850

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: MS-Papers-2373

Description: Letter to his father about visit to Melanesia on Bishop Selwyn's schooner the Undine, Apr-Jun 1850. He describes the islands visited noting the vegetation and shells and the attitude of the natives. At Eromango in the New Hebrides they anchored with the Fly. Swainson travelled through the New Hebrides, Hawaii, the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 folded sheet). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (cross hatched on all pages)

Date: [Circa 1914-1919]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-115

Description: Album includes a large section of British naval ships, some travelling in convoy, some camouflaged, with closeup views of armaments and naval personnel, taken by unidentified photographers during World War I. It appears that the creator of the album was serving on the SS Parattah. A section in the album covers a port-of-call by the Parattah to Nauru and the Loyalty Islands, showing scenes and aspects of life on the islands, including several related to the phosphate industry on Nauru. There are a number of images of a group on camels near the Spinx and pyramids in Egypt, dated 1919, followed by a section on the Yosemite area, California, with scenic views of mountains and valleys, and several showing the "largest tree in the world". The last section in the album covers the royal tour of HRH The Prince of Wales in 1920, in Sydney. Views of decorations in the city, crowd scenes, and night scenes of decorative lighting and fireworks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon album, 23 x 34 cm

Date: 1866-[1989]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-086

Description: Map of Niue from Bernice P Bishop Museum bulletin with annotations by McEwen; paper, `The Bird fauna of Niue compared with Tonga, Samoa, the Southern Cooks and Fiji' by J A Gibb, P C Bull, W M McEwen and I J Sewell (ca 1989); transcript of journal sent to England by Mrs A I Saville on board the `John Williams I' (begins Xmas day, 1866, ends 21 May 1867); copies of letters sent to Queen Victoria re annexation of Niue (1887-1895); information sheet, `Life in Niue' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869-1870

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3609

Description: Concerned with consular and diplomatic activities in the Australian colonies, and in the Fench Pacific colonies; ship movements and other matters. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1851-1853

By: Hocken, Thomas Morland, 1836-1910

Reference: MSX-5139

Description: First scripture book for schools based on the Old Testament (1851) interleaved with blank pages on which is written up to p 46 a holograph translation of the book in Nengone dialect of the Loyalty Islands group with the title `Nadane o re Tusi bane ininata Machamhane ne Mochenewe' (1853); also bound in is `Second scripture book for schools', based on the New Testament (1852). T M Hocken's signature is on both title pages (one erased). Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Nadane o re Tusi bane ininata Machamhane ne Mochenewe Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph translation (worn brown leather, marbled boards) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donor unknown; copies of sections owned by T M Hocken at some time

Date: 1865-1866

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3606

Description: Consular and diplomatic recognition in the Australian colonies and in New Caledonia, consular work with nationals; Loyalty Islands matters. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1934-1935

Reference: PA1-o-1027

Description: Travels of HMS "Sussex" from Britain to Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia during 1934 and 1935. The first section is a tour to Australia with the Duke of Gloucester from September to November 1934. This section has images of the Duke, the crew at play and performing during crossing the line ceremonies. There is a view of sailors in their sleeping quarters and others sleeping on deck. Places depicted are Sri Lanka, and Australian cities Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hobart. Following are photographs taken during a summer cruise from 28 February to 18 April 1935. This was from Sydney to Lord Howe Island to New Zealand and back to Sydney via Hobart, Tasmania. In New Zealand the ship called into Russell, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. There are views of Russell, Auckland and Wellington, and others recording a trip to Ohinemutu and Rotorua. After its return to Sydney, HMS Sussex went on a spring cruise lasting from 16 July until 15 November 1935. This consisted of a visit to the Island groups in Melanesia via Brisbane and the Great Barrier Reef. In the Solomons the ship visited Faisi, Tulaghi (in the Florida Islands), Hog Harbour (Espiritu Santo), Vila (on Efate Island), and Tanna Island. In the Loyalty Islands it called into Sandal Bay (Lifou Island), then on to Noumea (New Caledonia), returning to Australia and ultimately Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-022

Description: Black and white photographic prints depicting people, places, and the built environment in Mouli Island and other locations, dated May 1963, August 1965, August 1967, and May 1968. Some include caption information inscribed verso. Includes: - "French children at Tontouta Airport, New Caledonia" - "Church near Paita on outskirts of Noumea". - "Chief's house in Melanesian village near La Foa, New Caledonia (Petit Couli)". - "Melanesian house, showing use of niaouli bark for roof, held down by large flat stones, East Coast, New Caledonia". - "French coffee planters house, New Caledonia" - "Stephanie Doumai at the village pump. Rainwater is collected in large, underground concrete tanks. Mouli has no other source of water". - "Mme Cecile Doumai, the chief's wife on the rocky windward coast of Mouli - Loyalty Group". - "The Village Storekeeper". - "Transport in the Loyalty Islands" - "Away from it all - on the beach near the Arab trader's inn on Ouvéa, Loyalty Group". - "At the market near the airfield - Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Away from it all - New Caledonia". - "Cilene on the reef. Lifou". - "Melanesian farmer - East Coast, New Caledonia". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white hotographic prints.

Date: 1969

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-035

Description: Black and white photographic prints relating to Lifou in the Loyalty Islands, dated 1969 and undated. Some images have caption information inscribed verso. Includes: - "Village group - Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia", "Village on Lifou, Loyalty Islands off New Caledonia" - "Remy, collecting shellfish on the reef, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Week-end fishing, New Caledonia" - "Cilene Siapo harvesting yams in his garden at We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Cilene's daughter Irene and son Jacques-Gob working in garden at night. Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "R[oman] C[atholic] Church at We, Lifou" - "Family group on Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Cilene digging yams with his wife and one of his sons - Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Counting the catch, Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. (Thierry Briand, son of the trader at We, on right)" - "Beaching the 'pirogue' with Cilene (right) at We, Lifou, Loyalty Group", "Beaching the pirogue after a shell collecting expedition Lifou, Loyalty Group, New Caledonia (l. to r. Remy, self [Hancock], Cilene)". Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints.

Date: 1967

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-259

Description: Black and white photographic prints, dated 1967. Some prints have caption information inscribed verso. Includes: - "Church near the trader's store, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Catholic Mission church, We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "The trader, pulling in his boat, We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Returning from a fishing trip, East Coast, New Caledonia" - "M. Briand, the trader, pulling his boat in to the beach. We, Lifou, Loyalty Group, New Caledonia" - "Fishing off New Caledonia's coast" - "Looking for shells, We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Boys fishing off rocks near the inn at We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Collecting shellfish near We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Slipway, Chepenehe, Lifou, Loyalty Group. (Hacked through coral rock by the L.M.S. Mission)" - "The road around the coral limestone cliff, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "The weekly market, Chepenehe, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "The market near the airfield at Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Girl with wreath of pandanus" - "Girl with wreath of coconut palm leaf. Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "A road on Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Village bakery (baker right) near We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "The village baker heating coral rocks to bake bread, near We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Cilene digging with his wife - We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Melanesian family digging yams, New Caledonia" - "Group of women, Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Melanesian farmer and family, Lifou, Loyalty Group, New Caledonia" - "Copra strung up to dry, Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Copra hung between trees to dry in the old way. Lifou, Loyalty Is." - "Two Lifou boys meeting the plane at the airstrip, Lifou, Loyalty Group, New Caledonia" - "Lifouan women & children with yams beside yam shelter, We, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "The old man Wakeli (2nd p. right) at Inagod, Lifou" - "Young men building a pigsty, We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands". Also includes group portrait with Hancock. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 116 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints.

Date: 1968

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-264

Description: Black and white photographic prints, dated 1968. Some prints have caption information inscribed verso. Includes: - "Weekend fishing - New Caledonia" - "The village baker, Cilene on right, near We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands" - "Loyalty Island family with yams for storage under platform, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Celine's wife with son Jacques Gob" - "Celine digging yams with some of his sons. Lifou, Loyalty Group, New Caledonia", stamped "Herald" published in Sydney Morning Herald - "Irene in the family garden with one of her brothers. Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Father, mother & son digging yams, Lifou, Loyalty Group" - "Cilene working with his wife and one of his children in the family garden - Lifou, Loyalty Islands". Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints.

Date: 1872-1873

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3611

Description: Concerned with consular and diplomatic activities in the Australian colonies, and in the Fench Pacific colonies, especially with regard to the deporting of communards to New Caledonia and trade with Tahiti. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1894-1896

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0149

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Supplied by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Canberra

Date: 1866-1867

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3607

Description: Consular and diplomatic work in the Australian colonies. Further matters re Hawaii, Loyalty Islands, Kerguelen Island and French naval movements. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1826-1877

By: Lang, John Dunmore (Rev), 1799-1878

Reference: qMS-1126

Description: Account of the Tahitian missions; Letters from Tahiti, 1828-1840, some in Tahitian; Letters from missionaries - Rarotonga, Samoa, Loyalty Islands, New Hebrides, etc, 1827-1877 Language - Some letters in Tahitian Quantity: 1 volume(s) (259 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (38 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1868-1869

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3608

Description: Mainly concerning consular and diplomatic activity in the Australian colonies, problems concerning behaviour of Royal Navy crews in French Pacific ports, French activities on Souther Ocean and Pacific islands, and other matters. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.