Mounted photographs used for exhibition

Groups include: woman and child, Sikiana; family mourning dead child, "The sorrow of those without hope. The son a of a heathen family is dead"; All Hallows School, Pawa, Ugi; Girls' Boarding School, Togil, New Hebrides [now Vanuatu]; Tikopian men, boys and girls. People include: Tikopian man; Fathe...

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Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/72, Box 43
Date(s) of creation: c.1930 - c.1960
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/72, Box 43
Summary: Groups include: woman and child, Sikiana; family mourning dead child, "The sorrow of those without hope. The son a of a heathen family is dead"; All Hallows School, Pawa, Ugi; Girls' Boarding School, Togil, New Hebrides [now Vanuatu]; Tikopian men, boys and girls. People include: Tikopian man; Father J Edwards with Ben Bani, Siota; Sergeant Ben ?Kiriau; David Bo, chief of Heuru; Rev A T Hill. Activities include: thatching; moving timber by man power; bringing home stores by canoe; lepers gardening, "lepers find fellowship and purpose at the colonies of St Francis; destruction of hathen shrine; man operation teleradio, Lolowai hospital; tending outpatients at Faubu; Melanesian child looking at watch, emulating taking pulse; Heuru Church. Also includes: items and places relating to the martyrdom of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson; crucifixes on hillside, "New life and a sure hope through the cross"; pawpaws. Prints taken by/received from: Mounted exhibition prints, often captioned, used in educational displays.
Previous numbers: 47
Extent: 36 mounted display prints.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Melanesian Mission
File number: 72
Format: Archive