Bunana school, Gela [now Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Florida Islands]

Groups include: girls [named on reverse] decorated with shells carrying N I kits; girls with orphan, Luke Twomey; rebuilding party comprising Bishop, Mrs Caulton; John, Father, Mrs and Robert Garrity; Miss Williams and Miss Leech; two women holding babies including missionary's child; indigenous gro...

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Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/15, Box 37
Date(s) of creation: c.1900 - c.1965
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/15, Box 37
Summary: Groups include: girls [named on reverse] decorated with shells carrying N I kits; girls with orphan, Luke Twomey; rebuilding party comprising Bishop, Mrs Caulton; John, Father, Mrs and Robert Garrity; Miss Williams and Miss Leech; two women holding babies including missionary's child; indigenous group by canoe on beach including Clement Kelo and John Pegoni; girls with loaves of bread; Miss Gordon, headmistress with Mr Munday, government schools architect; Sister Gwen and Sister Madeliene with their companions in reestablishing Bunana school and in front of Sisters of the Cross school. People include: Rosa ?Jahinikini holding an iguana; John Ittai, aged 15 months. Events include: Rebuilding party after storm, January 1952. Activities include: schoolgirls hanging out Southern Cross laundry; house girls going up to the Sister's house with broom; girls performing dance; guides being instructed by Florence ?Zinoni; guide operating sewing machine; bathing orphan babies; girls launching canoe. Places or buildings include: schoolhouse; mission station; temporary dining hall and classrooms constructed of leaf; school chapel; view of school compound before building work; dormitories; new chapel under construction; Bunana Headland from Iron Bottom Bay. Prints taken by/received from: Includes duplicates of numbered prints from File 2 (Nos 49 - 52)
Previous numbers: File 8
Extent: 39 printing out paper and silver gelatin prints.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright possibly held by Melanesian Mission.
File number: 15
Format: Archive