Lolowai Maternity Hospital, Aoba, New Hebrides [now Vanuatu]

Groups include: teacher students; nurse and patient; lepers, Louise, Beatrice, Oscar and Alfred; Sister Cunnold and Sister Curwen with nurses; mothercraft class. People include: Archdeacon Teall and Archdeacon Reynolds; baby in maternity ward. Events include: Bishop's visit, October 1959. Places or...

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Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/26, Box 38
Date(s) of creation: c. 1940 - c.1970
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/26, Box 38
Summary: Groups include: teacher students; nurse and patient; lepers, Louise, Beatrice, Oscar and Alfred; Sister Cunnold and Sister Curwen with nurses; mothercraft class. People include: Archdeacon Teall and Archdeacon Reynolds; baby in maternity ward. Events include: Bishop's visit, October 1959. Places or buildings include: St Luke's hosptial; Godden Memorial Hospital, Lolowai; Lolowai Bay, chapel; ward interior. Activities include: digging septic tank; Archdeacon's house; bachelors house; teachers' houses; possibly boys' school; nurses feeding orphan babies; woman placing yam in food store. Also incudes: Patteson boat; Godden's cross; teacher training college. Prints taken by/received from: Possibly father Turvey; H Webster; J Dixon.
Previous numbers: File 18
Extent: 34 silver gelatin prints
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Melanesian Mission and named photographers copyright in force.
File number: 26
Format: Archive