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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Archive & Special Collections MM/07/2/15 Open

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

collection SOAS Archive
id MM.07.2.15
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with Melanesian Mission 7/15, Box 37
callnumber MM/07/2/15
callnumber_txt MM/07/2/15
callnumber-sort MM/07/2/15
prefix_number 15
scb_previous_numbers File 8
title Bunana school, Gela [now Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Florida Islands]
scb_date_creation c.1900 - c.1965
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 39 printing out paper and silver gelatin prints.
format Archive
description 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)
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright possibly held by Melanesian Mission.
scb_file_number 15
hierarchy_top_id_raw MM
hierarchy_sequence MM.0007.002.0015

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