Collection PHOTO 40 - Postcards of German New Guinea

Folder front cover, ‘Post Cards GNG – Papua 1912-1914, 1915, R.G. Bowen.’Folder back cover.‘Papua 1912.’ [Port Moresby village over water.] [Photo print.](Back of PMBPhoto40_03a)‘Gulf. Papua. 1912.’ [Kerema?] [Photo print.](Back of PMBPhoto40_04a)(Duplicate of PMBPhoto40_04a)‘3. 1914 Papua Tree House.’ [Koiari?] [Photo print.](Back of PMBPhoto40_05a)‘1914. Herbertshöhe (Deutsch Neu-Guinea). Speertänzer.’ [Postcard.]

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Reference code

AU PMB PHOTO 40

Title

Postcards of German New Guinea

Date(s)

  • 1912-1916 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

  • 60 postcards scanned to digital
  • 1 folder scanned to digital
  • 120 digital items

Context area

Name of creator

(1927-2013)

Biographical history

Ellestan Joyce Dusting OBE attended Canberra High School and growing up was active in the Brownies, Guides and Rangers. Her involvement with the Guiding movement continued throughout her life, holding the positions of Guide Commissioner in Canberra and ... »

Name of creator

Biographical history

Lieutenant R.G. Bowen, RAN, served in New Guinea during World War I with No. 6 Company of the Naval Battalion of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force.

Name of creator

(1862-1918)

Biographical history

At the outbreak of World War I, Col. Sir Samuel Augustus Pethebridge took command of the Australian North-West Pacific Expedition, raised to occupy German islands north of the equator. Before the expedition could sail, the British government decided to ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection of 60 postcards and photographs of German New Guinea, all dated 1912-1916, were transferred to David Kaus at the National Museum of Australia by Merrell Davis and Catherine Evans, included with the papers of Ellestan Dusting. Dusting ... »

System of arrangement

As found

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for reference

Conditions governing reproduction

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See individual items

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

Existence and location of copies

Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

Notes area

Note

Related collections: PMB Photo 44

Note

Individual item titles are taken from the handwritten captions on photos. The language is reflective of the period of captioning. In the absence of captions, titles were devised by cataloguer based on image content. Information added by cataloguer is ... »

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Sources

Naval Historical Society of Australia, The Navy in New Guinea in 1914, http://www.navyhistory.org.au/the-navy-in-new-guinea-in-1914
Australian Dictionary of Biography