Events relating to the proclamation of the New Guinea Protectorate

Groups include: 'cannibal' chief with group on board HMS Nelson; commodore addressing chiefs on board HMS Nelson; People include: woman seated outside house, Koloka, missionaries or other Western men inside; Events include: hoisting the flag at Hall Sound, Delena; at Kerepunu [teachers wives seated...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 9
Date(s) of creation: c.1884
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.19.10.01.16
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 9
callnumber CWM/LMS/19/10/01/16
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/19/10/01/16
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/19/10/01/16
prefix_number 16
scb_previous_numbers 81
title Events relating to the proclamation of the New Guinea Protectorate
scb_date_creation c.1884
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 15 large [?albumen] prints.
format Archive
description Groups include: 'cannibal' chief with group on board HMS Nelson; commodore addressing chiefs on board HMS Nelson; People include: woman seated outside house, Koloka, missionaries or other Western men inside; Events include: hoisting the flag at Hall Sound, Delena; at Kerepunu [teachers wives seated in front of stage] at South Cape [Kwato] and at [William George] Lawes' house, Port Moresby; Proclamation of New Guinea Protectorate, 1884 with Lawes and James Chalmers interpreting. Places or buildings include: rocks near Teste Island; sailors on beach with rowing boats and sailing ships in background at the mouth of river Motumotu. Also includes: man-of-war near New Guinea mainland. Pictures taken by/received from: Probably by William George Lawes.
scb_access_status Open
scb_file_number 16
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0019.0010.0001.0016