Janus: Photographs of New Guinea

RCS/Y3084A contains:
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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
34	Natives on board 'H.M.S. Nelson', Dinner Island, November 23rd
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Photographs of New Guinea

Title	First Gathering of Chiefs aboard 'H.M.S. Nelson' November 5th
Reference	Y3084A/29
Covering Dates	1884

Content and context

285 x 230 mm. A photograph taken shortly after Y3084A/14. Boe Vagi is now sitting on the deck,

having received his ebony stick. Lyne describes the occasion in solemn detail, and Romilly, in a letter of November 11th, also mentions the ceremony, 'The day before the ceremony, we held a big palaver on board the flagship, and I was formally introduced to several old acquaintances. A gigantic copper of rice jam and brown sugar, mixed together, was produced. For a rather delicate stomach, as mine was that day, it was a truly beastly sight.'

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Oceania

Papua New Guinea

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