Series 01: Photographic prints of missionaries and Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, Papu...
Series 01: Photographic prints of missionaries and Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and India, ca. 1885-1938 / probably photographed by Rev. John Wear Burton, R. H. Rickard, and others for the Methodist Church of Australasia, Dept. of Overseas Missions
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1885-1938
Call Numbers
PXA 1137
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1110 photographic prints (4 boxes) - 25.5 x 24 cm or smaller - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Arrangement
Filed mainly by negative number (annotated verso of prints).
Publication information
Publisher's series notes
Some photographs published in the journal The Missionary review / Methodist Church of Australasia.
Access and use
Access Conditions
Restricted : Written approval should be sought from Archivist, Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta, NSW 2151. Tel: 02 8838 8982
Finding aids
Contents list held for all photographs except nos. 725-773. Some prints listed in contents lists are missing.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1-32. Papua New Guinea : scenes including wharf at Ulu Island, Malakuna, Chinese school at Rabaul, Miss March’s girls, Dr. Pockley’s and Mr Nietsch’s graves, the hospital, drying copia, New Britain girls.
33-95. Papua New Guinea : village scenes [Dobu island], scenes and people including the Vive Warwick at Fergusson Island, Rev. Jacob’s ho...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 01: Photographic prints of missionaries and Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and India, ca. 1885-1938 / probably photographed by Rev. John Wear Burton, R. H. Rickard, and others for the Methodist Church of Australasia, Dept. of Overseas Missions
Variant title
Series previously titled Series 01: Photographic prints of missionaries and Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and India, c 1885-1938 / photographed by RH Rickard and others for the Methodist Church of Australasia, Dept. of Overseas Missions.
Title amended based on information provided by Dr Christine Weir...
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Transferred in 1991 from MOM 125, MOM 172, MOM 173, MOM 263...
Attributions / Conjectures
Most photographs in this series attributed to Rev. John Wear Burton (1875-1970) by Dr. Christine Weir, Honorary Lecturer, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University, September 2018.
Rev. John Wear Burton was the General Secretary of the Australasian Methodist Missionary Society from 1925 to 1945, and as part of his duties...
Contextual Information
Source
Pic.Acc.7061
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1137
Record Identifier
1l4dXkV1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dXkV1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825535
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