Album of views of Badu Island, Torres Straits.

Groups include: children outside house and stores. People include: indigenous man standing in coconut planatation. Activities include: repairing boats; commencing building operations, December 1906; launching boat. Places or buildings include: road to native village; view of buildings under construc...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 10
Date(s) of creation: c.1906 - c.1908
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.19.10.09.019
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 10
callnumber CWM/LMS/19/10/09/019
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/19/10/09/019
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/19/10/09/019
prefix_number 019
title Album of views of Badu Island, Torres Straits.
scb_date_creation c.1906 - c.1908
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 13 Printing out paper prints mounted in small album
format Archive
description Groups include: children outside house and stores. People include: indigenous man standing in coconut planatation. Activities include: repairing boats; commencing building operations, December 1906; launching boat. Places or buildings include: road to native village; view of buildings under construction; house and stores; boat repairing shed; view of station, January 1908. Also includes: young coconut tree and Para rubber tree, January 1908; the company's horses, with western male rider. Pictures taken by/received from: Papuan Industries Ltd [Headquarters established on Badu island by Frederick William Walker, former LMS missionary, J B Freshwater and C H Walker. Developed as a commercial enterprise with the intention of improving life for the Papuan people, yet its work was not seen as fitting for the LMS directly due to financial nature.] Reproduced in The Chronicle January 1909 pp4-6.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright possibly held by Council for World Mission, or Papuan Industries Ltd.
scb_file_number 19
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0019.0010.0009.00019