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Groups include: men with canoe, Vunuha, Honggo, Florida Islands; missionary leading bugle band, Maravovo, Gaudalcanal; Captain Sinker with indigenous crew of Southern Cross in uniforms. Places and buildings include: married people's quarters, the Vanua, memorial chapel, dining hall, girls' sewing ro...

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Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/18, Box 37
Date(s) of creation: c.1900 - c.1920
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/18, Box 37
Summary: Groups include: men with canoe, Vunuha, Honggo, Florida Islands; missionary leading bugle band, Maravovo, Gaudalcanal; Captain Sinker with indigenous crew of Southern Cross in uniforms. Places and buildings include: married people's quarters, the Vanua, memorial chapel, dining hall, girls' sewing room and Bishop's house, St Barnabas, Norfolk Island; canoe, Ugi [now Uki Ni Masi]; Patteson memorial chapel, Norfolk Islands; Siota cathedral. Also includes: Southern Cross at Halavo Bay, Florida Islands; the Calvary, Maravovo beach, Guadalcanal; altar of St Barnabas church, Ulawa. Prints taken by/received from: John Watt Beattie; published by the Melanesian Mission; possibly from Ida C Wench.
Previous numbers: Beattie No.s 9x, 12x, 17, 204, 221, 227.
Extent: 24 postcards
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright expired in Beattie postcards
File number: 18
Format: Archive