Pacific Islanders are inveterate travellers, mainly within the region but also to the traditional As...
Pacific Islanders are inveterate travellers, mainly within the region but also to the traditional Asian/Pacific trading centres. The fact that many Gilbert and Ellice Island men, working in the phosphate operation, have married Nauruan women also generates a great deal of inter-island visiting.
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1903-1970
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PXB 293/Vol. 05/Item 208
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Pacific Islanders are inveterate travellers, mainly within the region but also to the traditional Asian/Pacific trading centres. The fact that many Gilbert and Ellice Island men, working in the phosphate operation, have married Nauruan women also generates a great deal of inter-island visiting.
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Photograph taken on Nauru by Maslyn Williams during 1970 have accompanying negatives.
These eleven snapshots were taken at the passenger jetty on Nauru which Nauruan families and inter-island visitors disembarking from or joining an overseas phosphate ship.
NOTE: each snapshot is captioned on the back.
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PXB 293/Vol. 05/Item 208
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YRlj8LPn
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DCL69635
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