PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURE: The Papers of Rev George Brown

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PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURE AND SOCIETY

The Papers of Reverence George Brown (1835-1917), Methodist Missionary, from the State Library of New South Wales

Photographs

Some of the individual photographs have descriptions and there is a complete list for one of the albums as follows:

Title	Reverend George Brown: [Album of photographs including Duke of York Island, New Britain and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Samoa, Fiji and Tonga], ca. 1875-1881
Creator	Brown, George, 1835-1917
Date of Work	1875-1881
Type of Material	Pictures
Lib Ref	PXA 924
Physical Description	Albums - 1 album (81 albumen photoprints) - 31 x 25.5cm
Contents	1. Samoan house on Mission Station
	2. Mission House Point, Port Hunter
	3. View from Mission House, Kabakadai
	4. The graves of our little ones
	5. Natives of Duke of York
	6. Native Minister's House, Kabakadi, New Britain
	7. Native women, New Ireland, returning from work
	8. Native village, New Ireland
	9. South Point of Port Hunter
	10. The Cemetery, Port Hunter
	11. Samoan House
	12. The Duk Duk and Sacred Canoe
	13-14. Natives of Duke of York Ils
	15. Teacher's House, New Ireland
	16. Scene on Mission Station, Port Huunter
	17. Natives giving presents on our coming away
	18. Natives and House, Duke of York
	19. River scene, New Ireland
	20. Canoe & Natives, Duke of York Island
	21. Outhouses at Port Hunter
	22. River scene New Ireland
	23. The Marquis de Ray's settlement at Irish Cove
	24. Natives and house, New Ireland
	25. Native Church, Molst, Duke of York Island
	26. The Cemetery, Port Hunter
	27. Natives and houses, New Ireland
	28. Natives and house, New Ireland
	29. Coast scene, New Ireland
	30. The French colonists whom we rescued
	31. Sacred canoe
	32. The first Church and our first converts
	33. Teacher's house, family and natives
	34. Duke of York Village and natives
	35. Natives giving presents on our coming away
	36. Fijian club dance
	37. Teacher's House, New Britain
	39. New Britain women
	40. Duke of York women
	41. Duke of York natives after a dance
	43. Port Hunter, Duke of York
	44. French colonists, New Ireland
	45. New Ireland village scene
	46-47. Mission House, Kabakadi, New Britain
	48. The teachers employed in New Britain District in 1880
	49. Teachers from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga New Britain District 1880
	50. Lavinia Bay, Met[lik?], New Ireland
	51. French Colonists, New Ireland
	52. Metlik[?], Lavinia Bay ("Likiliki")
	53. Native Village, New Ireland
	54. The graves of our children (Wallis & Mabel)
	61. A Samoan woman
	62. S.S. "Ripple" and Sch. [i.e. schooner] "Atlantic" in Port Hunter
	63. [two women and child]
	64. Tausaoln, a Chief of Matapit, New Britain
	65. Aminio Bale and wife
	66. Kaplen, a Duke of York native
	67. Mission House, Port Hunter
	68. [Male with woman breastfeeding a baby]
	69. Patauiro[?], a Duke of York woman
	70. Ilaita, a Chief of New Britain
	71. Samoan woman
	72. To Pulu (King Dick) & wives
	73. Mesake Bahulu, a Tongan Minister and two N. Britain boys
	74. Peni Lelei & wife, D. of York
	75. Maruwaruno, a Duke of York Chief & family (part only)
	76. [man and two women]
	77. To Pulu (King Dick) & wives
	78. Itione & Metala, Samoan teacher & wife
	79. Samoan women
	80. Sosetene & Sieni, a Samoan teacher & wife
	81. See 72 & 77 [To Pulu & wives]
	82. Malata & Satesa, a Samoan teacher & wife
	83. Liblib, a Duke of York Chief
	84. Samoan women
	85. Duke of York native
	86. Duke of York natives
	87. Samoan woman
	88. Duke of York children
	89.Tingtal, a Duke of York woman & two Fijian women

Inscriptions	Numbers - recorded in blue pencil beside images Captions - handwritten below each image
Notes	No images for numbers, 38, 42, 55-60 and 90-96 The following persons have been identified by Dr. Helen Gardner, Deakin University, Jan. 2004: nos. 40 & 54 Geoffrey & Lydia Brown ; no.41 Geoffrey Brown ; no.45 Lydia Brown ; no.63 Mrs Danks, Lydia & Geoffrey ; no.68 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Danks and baby son ; no.76 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Danks.
Source	Purchased 1973
Topic	burial grounds
	canoes
	churches
	colonists
	houses
	missionaries
	missions (chuch settlements)
	Pacific Islanders
	teachers
	villages
Place	Duke of York Island (Papua New Guinea)
	Fiji
	New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)
	New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)
	Port Hunter (Duke of York Island)
	Samoa
	Tonga

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