| Title |
A.B. Brewster photograph album |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3091I |
| Creator |
Brewster, Adolf Brewster, 1854-1937, anthropologist |
| Covering Dates |
2006 (The original photographs date from between 1870 and 1889.) |
| Extent and Medium |
1 file |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Adolf Brewster Brewster (1854-1937), formerly Adolf Brewster-Joske, was born in Australia and educated in England. He went to Fiji in 1870 with a group of settlers granted land with the Polynesia Company. Brewster was one of the founders of Suva, where the family established a sugar plantation. In 1884, he entered the Colonial Service after the plantation failed, serving as Governor's Commissioner in the provinces of Tholo North and Tholo East, Deputy Commissioner of the Armed Native Constabulary, and an official member of Fiji's Legislative Council. Brewster retired to England in 1910. He published two books, 'The hills tribes of Fiji' (1922) and 'King of the Cannibal Isles' (1937), the latter of which discussed King Thakombau (1817-1883), Chief of the Fiji Islands.
200 x 150 mm. modern copies of original prints.
Presented by the Revd Dr D.P. Brewster, great-nephew of Adolf Brewster Brewster, 2006.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, A.B. Brewster photograph album, Y3091I |
| Further information |
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Indexed
MJC.
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| Index Terms |
| Oceania |
| Fiji |
| United Kingdom |
| England |
| Torquay |
| RCS/Y3091I contains: |
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1
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Chief of Kandavu and family. |
2006 |
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2
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Fiji men. |
2006 |
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3
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Natives of Solomon Islands. |
2006 |
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4
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Maafu (a Tongan chief). |
2006 |
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5
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Natives of Tanna. |
2006 |
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6
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Natives of Tokolau. |
2006 |
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7
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King Thakombau. |
2006 |
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8
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Adi (Lady) Thakombau. |
2006 |
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9
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Ratu Timothy (son of Thakombau). |
2006 |
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10
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The growing town of Suva. |
2006 |
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11
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Brewer and Joske's sugar cane plantation, Suva, now part of the modern town. Shows the first attempt at large scale planting by Paul Joske and partners. |
2006 |
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12
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Brewer and Joske's sugar cane mill, now part of the modern town. Shows the first attempt at milling sugar by Paul Joske and partners. |
2006 |
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13
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Suva as it was: All Nations' Street in 1876. Shows the construction of the road with native labour supervised by Paul Joske (who is seated), H. Milne and Hulton. |
2006 |
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14
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North end of Levuka. |
2006 |
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15
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Another view of the north end of Levuka. |
2006 |
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16
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Government offices. Showing the Department of Law, Harbour Office, Post Office and Custom House. |
2006 |
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17
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R.E. offices, Levuka. |
2006 |
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18
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R.E. officers' house. |
2006 |
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19
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English Church. |
2006 |
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20
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Government House from the back. |
2006 |
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21
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Government House. |
2006 |
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22
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R.E. Barracks, Vangandathe. |
2006 |
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23
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Powder magazine. |
2006 |
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24
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Jail and court house. |
2006 |
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25
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Levuka Hospital. External view of the front. |
2006 |
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26
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Levuka. View of the town and harbour from above. |
2006 |
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27
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Beach, Ngaloa Bay, Kandavu. Showing men working on boats. |
2006 |
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28
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Sir Arthur Charles Gordon, Governor of Fiji, with his aide Knollys. Gordon served as governor between 1875 and 1880. |
2006 |
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29
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The future Lord Stanmore (son of Sir Arthur Charles Gordon) and servant. |
2006 |
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30
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Miss G. Cumming (?), Lady Gordon, Jack, A.L. Gordon (a distant relative). |
2006 |
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31
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Lady Gordon with Neville. |
2006 |
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32
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Pinnock. |
2006 |
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33
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Adolf Joske (later Adolf B. Brewster), H. Milne, Hulton. |
2006 |
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34
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The Joske family: Paul, Victoria, Arthur, Mrs Ellen Joske, Margaret, Adolf. |
2006 |
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35
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W. MacGregor. |
2006 |
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36
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G. Smith. |
2006 |
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37
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Mrs G. Smith. |
2006 |
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38
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The Joske family: Father Fox, Alice Brewster, Adolf B. Brewster, Ogilvie, Ratu Veli. Ratu Veli, Roko Tui of the Province of Macuata visited England to mark the jubilee of British rule in Fiji and to represent it at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. |
2006 |
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