03673nkc a22002417i 4500001000700000008004100007040002600048100003000074245011100104264001400215300003700229336002800266337002300294338003200317351001300349500002100362506002800383520126000411533007701671540007901748545137101827856023303198207852201019k19661972xx            000 0|zxx d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aBayliss-Smith, Timd1947-10aSlides from Tim Bayliss-Smith’s Voluntary Service Overseas placement and PhD research in Solomon Islands  c1966-1972  a108 digitised colour 35mm slides  astill image2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAs found  aAU PMB PHOTO 100  aAvailable for reference2 aTim Bayliss-Smith served on the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) program in Honiara, Solomon Islands, 1965-1966. He worked as a teacher in the Survey Drafting School in the Lands Department of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Government and as a librarian in the Geological Survey Department. Though based in Honiara, he travelled around Guadalcanal for work, as well as to Savo, Malaita and Bellona. Tim returned to Solomon Islands in 1971 for his PhD field research into energy use on Ontong Java atoll. He joined the Department of Geography at University of Cambridge in 1973 where he has continued his research in land management in the humid tropics, with particular focus on Melanesia. Professor Bayliss-Smith has made many subsequent visits to Solomon Islands throughout his research career. This collection of 108 digitised 35mm colour slides are mainly from the period of his VSO placement (1965-1966) and mainly feature Honiara and surrounds. The images depict VSO housing; other VSO volunteers; trainees in the Survey Drafting School; Chinatown; Honiara market; WWII wreckage and other landmarks in and around Honiara. Activities such as sporting events, Easter procession; Queen's Birthday celebrations and gardening also feature.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2020  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aTim Bayliss-Smith was born in Brighton, England in 1947. He was educated at Brighton College before going on to university at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. He served on the Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) program in Honiara, Solomon Islands, 1965-1966. He worked as a teacher in the Survey Drafting School in the Lands Department of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Government and as a librarian in the Geological Survey Department. Tim has made a number of subsequent visits to Solomon Islands. In 1971, he spent 11 months on Ontong Java atoll for his PhD fieldwork and returned to Ontong Java in 1972, with the Harvard Biomedical Expedition. Tim joined the Department of Geography at University of Cambridge in 1973 where he has continued his research in the area of land management in the humid tropics, with a particular focus on Melanesia. Throughout his career, Tim has undertaken research in human ecology, population changes and the prehistoric ecology of various environments in Melanesia. He has returned to Solomon Islands on various research teams, carrying out fieldwork in Marovo Lagoon and Mase Crater, New Georgia. He has also carried out research in northern Sweden, Malaysia and Costa Rica. Tim continues to serve as Emeritus Professor of Pacific Geography, and Fellow of St. John's College, University of Cambridge.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/slides-from-tim-bayliss-smiths-voluntary-service-overseas-placement-and-phd-research-in-solomon-islandszView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.