Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force", 1914 / by F. S. Burnell

Notebook used as photograph album, containing 99 black & white photographs adhered to the pages. Most images have manuscript descriptions in ink, some with names. 
The photographs document the activities of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 1914 under the command of Colonel William Holmes on board HMAS Berrima, and at Palm Island, Port Moresby and New Britain (including Rabaul, Herbertshöhe and Friedrich Wilhelmshaven). They include images of the German surrender, the hoisting-the-flag ceremony, prisoners and local residents.

Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record...

Tags

Identifiers

File Identifier

Permalink

Reference Code

Copying conditions

Hierarchy

Copyright

Connecting people and collections

Indigenous engagement

Schools and teachers

Stories