Janus: Photographs of New Guinea

RCS/Y3084A contains:
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23	The Declaration of the Protectorate at Port Moresby, November 6th
24	Reading the Proclamation
25	New Guinea Chief, Motu-Motu, November 10th
26	Sailors Landing on Beach, Motu-Motu, Freshwater Bay
27	Yule Island from Delena, Hall Sound
28	The proclamation at Kerepunu, Hood Lagoon November 18th
29	First Gathering of Chiefs aboard 'H.M.S. Nelson' November 5th
30	Native village, Port Moresby
31	View from Stacey Island, with Marri Pass at right, across Bertha Lagoon
32	Group of natives, Kerepunu, Hood Lagoon
33	A Banana Plantation in the Port Moresby district
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Photographs of New Guinea

Title	The proclamation at Kerepunu, Hood Lagoon November 18th
Reference	Y3084A/28
Covering Dates	1884

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285 x 230 mm. A view showing marines and sailors grouped in a hollow square in front of the mission house (in what was named in honour of the occasion, 'Espiegle Square'). The White Ensign and the Union Jack are being hoisted while Commodore Erskine reads the proclamation. The Reverend Lawes, translating, is partially hidden by the flagstaff, while the officer party stands under the verandah of the house, shaded by an awning made from a sail. Directly in front of the verandah sit the native teachers' wives, and to the left the native chiefs, second from the right, holding his ebony stick, is Koepena.

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Papua New Guinea

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