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AU PMB PHOTO 1
Title
Date(s)
- 1911-1943 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
72 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Sister Lida Tonkin (Mrs L. Gill), a nursing sister from Young, NSW, first arrived at the Methodist Mission at Raluana in New Britain in 1916.
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Sister Lida Tonkin (Mrs L. Gill), a nursing sister from Young, NSW, first arrived at the Methodist Mission at Raluana in New Britain (Papua New Guinea) in 1916.
The photographs and post cards include events, daily life and traditional customs practiced in Rabaul in the early 20th century. Funerary and marriage customs are represented. There is a good set of photographs on traditional fishing (PMB Photo 1_31 to PMB Photo 1_46). Other images show canoe building and sailing, basket, broom and string making and traditional houses, mission life and the Malabunga hospital. Dances, such as the Kulau dance, carvings used in dances and the
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Accruals
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Order as found
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Available for reference
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See individual items.
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Existence and location of originals
Mrs. Fardon, Queanbeyan, N.S.W.
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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php
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Individual item titles are taken from supplied captions. The language is reflective of the period of captioning. Information added by cataloguer is included in square brackets [ ].
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- Sister Lida Tonkin (Mrs L. Gill) (Subject)
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Digital_reference_image.pdf
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