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Volcanological records

  • AU PMB MS 1295
  • Collection
  • 1937-1996

See PMB 1294 Information Sheet for notes on RVO administrative history.
The Rabaul Volcanological Observatory Observatory is responsible for monitoring the activity of the 14 active and 23 dormant volcanoes spread along three volcanic arcs throughout Papua New Guinea and which have produced more than 140 eruptions in the last 200 years. Monitoring is carried out at RVO, 6 "outstation" observatories (Manam, Karkar, Langila, Ulawun, Esa'ala, and Lamington volcanoes) and an unmanned telemetered station (Lamington).
In addition to volcano monitoring, the functions of the Rabaul Volcano Observatory include: geologic reconnaissance and tephrastratigraphic studies (e.g. at Rabaul, Loloru, Hargy and Witori), volcanic hazard assessments (e.g. Rabaul, Manam, Karkar, Langila, Ulawun, Balbi, Bagana, Loloru, Lamington, Victory), assistance in the preparation and revision of volcano emergency plans (e.g. Rabaul, Manam, Ulawun), and applied research on the pattern of activity of the monitored volcanoes with a view to the detection of eruption precursors and provision of warnings.
From World Organisation of Volcanic Obsrvatories website: http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/wovo/southeast_asia/rabaul.html

Selected files of reports, observations and correspondence held in the RVO administrative file series, “Volcanological Records”, on the following sites: Bam Island, Manam Volcano, Long Island, Mt Bagana, Mt Lamington, Fergusson island, Esa’ala Station, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Biniguni Hot Springs, Mt Langila, East and West New Brirtain. Original file numbers have been cited where identified.
See Finding aids for details.

Rabaul Volcanological Observatory

Vocabulary, primer and hymn book

  • AU PMB MS 46
  • Collection
  • n.d.

The Duindui language is spoken in the south-west of Aoba (Ambae) Island, Vanuatu. Alternative spellings include Nduindui and Ndui Ndui.

  1. Vocabulary of Duindui (Nduindui) with English translation, compiled by Dorothy Dewar, Apostolic Mission, and Keith Ludgater, Churches of Christ Mission, Aoba, New Hebrides.
  2. Duindui (Nduindui) Primer, compiled by Churches of Christ Mission, Aoba, Hew Hebrides. (This is the first work of its kind in the language of Duindui).
  3. Duindui (Nduindui) Hymn Book, being translations by Manasseh Haumbani of items in Ira D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos (London, 1965).

Duindui Language - New Hebrides

Vocabulary of the Hawaiian language

  • AU PMB MS 198
  • Collection
  • 1828 - c.1844

The Rev. Artemas Bishop (1795-1872) was a missionary sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was the author of a book of English and Hawaiian words and phrases published in Honolulu in 1854. He appears to have been the most probable compiler of the vocabulary described here.

A vocabulary of approximately 150 pages with a foreword dated 12 May 1844 and signed A.B. The first page of the vocabulary proper bears the date 1828

Bishop, Artemas

Vocabulary of Kwara'ae, Solomon Islands

  • AU PMB MS 44
  • Collection
  • c.1955

Kwara'ae vocabulary with English translations, followed by three stories in Kwara'ae, also translated into English, by R.N. Gallyon. The Kwara'ae language is is spoken in the north-central of Malaita Island, Solomon Islands.

Gallyon, Roger N.

Vocabulary of Bohilai

  • AU PMB MS 64
  • Collection
  • 1934 - 1952

Father Baldwin spent several years at the Sacred Heart Mission in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.

A 333 page Bohilai-English vocabulary. Bohilai is the language of Basilaki Island (formerly Moresby Island), one of the islands of the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua. Additional language material by Father Baldwin is available as PMB 1031

Baldwin, Bernard

Vocabulary of Biga Boyowa

  • AU PMB MS 63
  • Collection
  • 1936 - 1939

Father Baldwin spent several years at the Sacred Heart Mission in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. He completed this vocabulary between 1936 and 1937.

A 380 page Biga Boyowa-English vocabulary, inscribed Gusaweta Trobriand Isl. Nov 20th 1939. Biga Boyowa is a Trobriand Island language. See also PMB MS 41 and MS 64. Additional language material by Father Baldwin will be available as PMB 1031

Baldwin, Bernard

Vocabularies, correspondence, prayers

  • AU PMB MS 51
  • Collection
  • c.1920-1970

Vocabulary, correspondence and prayers in languages from Vanuatu and Solomon Islands:

  1. Vocabulary of the Gela language, British Solomon Islands. Compiled by Father S.G. Caulton, 1935-37.
  2. Mota-Aoba [Ambae] Vocabulary. From the papers of Archdeacon A.E. Teall, Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia, d.1966.
  3. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Vatuanga Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
  4. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Ulawa, Solomon Islands.
  5. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Ugi, Solomon Islands.
  6. Vocabulary of the Vaturanga language of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Compiled by Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe.
  7. Prayers in the languages of the Northern New Hebrides - Mera Lava, Mota, Gaua, Nduindui, Qatnapni.

Melanesian Mission

Vanuatu prints

  • AU PMB PHOTO 69
  • Collection
  • 2007

PMBPhoto 69 is a collection of 152 photographs of Vanuatu subjects and one poster. Jan Gammage took the photos between 29 June and 22 July 2007 when on a holiday with friends, David and Beryl Gowty, and also collected the poster. The photos are of people and places on the islands of Efate, Malekula, Ambrym, Espiritu Santo, and Tanna and are complemented by the photos in PMBPhoto102 taken by Bill Gammage.
Subjects in and around Port Vila include the waterfront, the womens’ handcraft market, and the food market. At the Vanuatu National Museum, a demonstration of the art of sandroing [sand drawing] by Edgar Hinge was photographed.
South Malekula subjects include Lakatoro, its shops and the Cultural Centre. At Lamap, the Tiano family made us welcome. Levi’s Store, kava trading, the hospital, ruins of a French convent, slit gongs and carved ferns were subjects. On the Maskelyne Islands, subjects include the local string band, pigs, beach and a starfish on the reef.
At Craig Cove on the west coast of Ambrym and Dip Cove, subjects include a cargo boat unloading, the Lake Fanteng Conservation Area, megapods, hot springs, rock peckings and a men’s ceremonial site.
On Espiritu Santo, subjects include Port Olry, Lonnoc, Vatthe Conservation Area, Matantas near Big Bay, Luganville and surrounds, a Seventh Day Adventist baptism, and real estate advertising.
On Tanna, subjects include White Beach, and at Lenakel the shops and the market, Yasur volcano, Manuapen, and Port Resolution.
The educational poster deals with environment and endangered species protection.

Gammage, Jan

Vanuatu photographs

  • AU PMB PHOTO 102
  • Collection
  • 30 June 2007

PMBPhoto 102 is a collection of 158 photographs of Vanuatu subjects Bill Gammage took between 29 June and 22 July 2007 when on a holiday with friends, David and Beryl Gowty. The photos are of people and places on the islands of Efate, Malekula, Ambrym, Espiritu Santo, and Tanna and are complemented by the photos in PMBPhoto69 taken by Jan Gammage.
Subjects in and around Port Vila include flowers, the market, the war memorial, and Ernest’s museum.
Two towns in South Malekula, Lakatoro and Lamap, were subjects as well as Uluveo Island in the Maskelynes, south east of Malekula. Subjects in Lakatoro include flowers and fruits, the main street, and the war memorial, and in Lamap, where the Tiano family made us welcome, subjects include Levi’s Store, copra drying, and the Catholic school. On the Maskelyne Islands, subjects include mangroves, coral and coastal landscapes, fruit and Sangalai school, a string band and people arriving with goods for sale in the next day’s market.
The coast of West Ambrym up to Dip Cove is photographed, and at Wakon, subjects include Jessie and Leah Saksak and family, flowers, fruit and beaches. Other subjects include the Lake Fanteng Conservation Area, a megapod nesting area and eggs, hot springs, and rock peckings.
Subjects on Espiritu Santo include Luganville town and hinterland e.g. Sarakata River, cattle and drovers on the East Coast Road, Lonnoc and Port Olry beaches, the road to Big Bay and the Bay itself, World War 2 American ammunition dumps, and a Seventh Day Adventist baptism.
On Tanna, subjects include White Beach Resort and gardens, and the beach, including corals.

Gammage, Bill

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