Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to the South-East Coast of New Guinea
MS. 23051 photogr. 10
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to the South-East Coast of New Guinea
Shelfmark
MS. 23051 photogr. 10
Summary
Album of albumen prints containing images of the expedition of the Australian Squadron to New Guinea. Also contains written narrative and maps. The photographs all date from the 1884 expedition, when Commodore Erskine proclaimed a British protectorate over the south coast of New Guinea. Principally intended as a visual record, the album shows the importance of the Hood Lagoon area of Papua New Guinea in British and Australian ambitions.
Associated place
Australia
Date
1884
Language
English
Physical facet
Albumen paper prints
Physical extent
1 item
Custodial history
Purchased from Robert Hershkowitz UK, 12/06/2005.
Subject
Mandates -- New Guinea
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Collection contents
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs
Photographically-illustrated books and albums
Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to the South-East Coast of New Guinea
