Album 3, 1925-1951

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File Add. 8824/3

Content Summary:

Photographs taken by Paine and a number of other photographers in Fiji between 1925 and 1951 (mostly 1927-28). The subjects include Europeans, Fijians and Indians, Paine's cottage at Suva, the Agriculture Department buildings, the Suva Hospital, Indian settlements, government stations, an Armistice service at Levuka, sugar mills, coconut plantations, a trades carnival procession at Suva, the visit by the Duke and Duchess of York (Feb. 1927), villages, breeding cages for sugar cane borers, and landscapes. The photographs were taken at Suva, Vatulele, Wakaya, Kadavu, Nairai, Gau, Naitauba, Vanuabalavu, Mago, Cobia, Lakeba, Fulaga, Matuku, Totoya, Moala, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Namena, Beqa, Levuka, Ovalau and Taveuni.

Apart from Paine, the photographers include Sandy Lees, Ken Allardyce, Lorna Reay, John Campbell, Charles nott, Harry S. Ladd, C. Meyer, G.K. Roth, Ronald Garvey, A.C. Smith and A.F. Lees.

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M2727

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