Album of photographs, mainly of Port Moresby by William George Lawes
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Material Information

Title:
Album of photographs, mainly of Port Moresby by William George Lawes
Translated Title:
Poto nabautim Pot Mosbi, Papua Niugini ( Tok Pisin )
Abbreviated Title:
Album of photographs, mainly of Port Moresb
Creator:
Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907 ( Photographer )
Donor:
Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
66 p. : photographs

Subjects

Genre:
photograph album
Spatial Coverage:
Oceania -- Papua New Guinea -- National Capital District -- Port Moresby
Solwara Pasifik -- Papua Niugini -- Nesenel Kapitol Distrik -- Pot Mosbi
Coordinates:
-9.478889 x 147.149444 ( Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea )

Notes

Scope and Content:
Groups include: [Frederick William] Walker with indigenous group outside house, South Cape; Mrs Lawes, "granny", [Harry Moore] Dauncey and Walker outside Lawes' mission house, Port Moresby; girls, Port Moresby; Ruatoka and family; Walker, Dauncey, [Albert] Pearse and [Charles William] Abel; students' wives; South Sea Island teachers; Mrs Lawes' boys and girls; Mrs Lawes' orphans; wedding party; congregarion outside church, Port Moresby. People include: portraits of mother and infant in bag, Harieta, "grannie", Go-ani, Kago, Heni, Puka, New Guinea teachers and their sons, Lifu man with his New Guinea wife, Port Moresby boys and "belles", Ko-au chief. Activities include: women taking pottery to lakatoi in small boat [round image with fern decoration]; girls carrying water jugs. Places or buildings include: view of Elevera island with indigenous family group in foreground [Port Moresby; village scene [possibly Hanuabada] Port Moresby; [James] Chalmers 's mission house and English church, Port Moresby; Matapaila; Kaile marine village; Pearse's house, Kerepunu; Fairfax Harbour; mission house, 1875; sacred platform, Rigo; mission buildings, native village and government house, Port Moresby; church at Kabadi [with Timateo, Dauncey etc]; village scene, Matulaila; houses at Morabi [Delena]; church at Lealea [Port Moresby]; Mrs Lawes' cookhouse. Also includes: lakatoi [trading canoe]; S S "Merrie England" mission boat; tree houses and lugger "Niue". Pictures taken by/received from: William George Lawes, distributed commercially by Henry King, Sydney. ( English )
Funding:
Funded in part by SOAS University of London for teaching and research
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/81522371
General Note:
Part of the London Missionary Society Archive, a subcollection of the Council for World Mission Archive
Restriction:
Copyright in this album has expired

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 3 ( soas order with reference )
CWM/LMS/19/10/01/04 ( soas calm reference )