Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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These glass plates were presented by Reverend HK Bartlett in December 1965. All titles have been transcribed from the original glass plate, where available or from photo albums in the collection.

See Albox folder for enlargements, copy prints and negatives.

  1. ''Skull dance at Bunama, Normanby Is. H.K.B. 1929' - second label 'DUAU Women skull dance' - black and white. Same as image AA21/2/3/096; related images AA21/2/3/097-100. Three women in traditional dress holding baskets; one in front holding what looks like a human skull.

  2. 'Bwaga Bwaga' - colour - view of Bwaga Bwaga village from just offshore, showing houses made from natural materials amongst coconut palms.

  3. 'High Chief of Dobu, Papua' - second label 'High Chief of Dobu - "Gaganamori"' - black and white - man and woman in traditional dress.

  4. 'Native Family, Dobu' - second label 'Native family at dinner, Dobu' - black and white - man and woman and eight children sitting around a very large pot.

  5. 'Canoe Builders, Dobu, Papua' - second label 'Group Canoe Builders, Dobu, Papua' - black and white - negative by Reverend G Brown. Group of men and women sitting and standing in front of a canoe on a beach.

  6. 'Dobu' - black and white - photo of large group of Dobuan people and two European men.

  7. 'Hanuabada' - colour - view of Hanuabada from the sea. Shows houses built over the water.

  8. 'Kiriwina Princess' - black and white - photo of a young seated woman in traditional dress.

  9. 'House and family of Kiriwina chief' - second label gives chief's name as 'Lopi' - black and white - group of people in front of house with decorated front.

  10. 'Pulitara & his son, Kiriwina' - black and white - photo of two men in traditional dress. Younger man is wearing a feather head-piece.

  11. 'Enamakala & his Son' - second label gives location as 'Kiriwina' - black and white - photo of two men in front of a log building. Some sort of vegetable (looks like sweet potato) is between the logs that make up the walls.

  12. 'First white baby on Kiriwina' - second label 'Pulitara and the white baby, Kiriwina' - black and white - Pulitara holding a white baby wrapped in a blanket.

  13. 'Kiriwina Shield' - second label 'A Kiriwina shield with artistic decorations' - black and white - photo of a shield.

  14. 'Milne Bay. Coconut Plantat.' - colour - two men using knapsack sprays amongst coconut palms.

  15. 'Rossel Is. Orchid taken at Misima' - colour - orchid flowers.

  16. 'Pandanus Mat' - second label 'Mat, Misima' - black and white - two boys (one hidden) holding up a large hand-woven mat.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/10/1.

  17. 'Wedding at Misima' - second label gives names that are unreadable - black and white - newlyweds with wedding party in the background.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/15/3.

  18. 'Misima - second label 'Yam' - black and white - large yam.

  19. 'Misima. H.K.B 1931' - second label 'Rev M.K. Gilmour at Liak' - colour - Rev Gilmour being rowed ashore with many people on the beach in the background. Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/2/3.

  20. 'Misima' - second label 'On the track' - black and white - three people standing under an overhang at the base of a cliff near the water's edge.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/9/4.

  21. 'Misima' - second label 'A cliff Misima' - black and white - a cliff near the water's edge.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/9/3.

  22. 'Misima 1930's' - second label 'J.R. Williams, Misima' - colour - small sailing ship with sails up.

  23. 'Buaga Buaga. Misima H.K.B' - second label 'Bwaga Bwaga' (label torn) - colour - view of small cove through coconut palms.

  24. 'Teacher's Homes. Loaga Misima' - colour - two houses made from local materials.

  25. 'Students Houses. Misima' - colour - three houses made from local materials.

  26. 'Loaga 1935' - black and white - view through Loaga showing two houses made from local materials.

  27. 'Loaga 1933 HKB' - second label 'Loaga 1935' - black and white - main label should probably read "1935" rather than "1933". View through Loaga showing two houses made from local materials.

  28. 'Loaga' - black and white - view looking down across Loaga with ocean in the background.

  29. 'Loaga' - second label 'Across the pond' - black and white - view of Loaga across a pond with houses in the background.

  30. 'Loaga Mission Stn.' - second label 'Kapok' - black and white - Kapok tree with very little foliage.

  31. 'Near Loaga. Misima' second label 'Spray at Misima' - black and white - waves breaking against cliff; ocean spray.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/12/3.

  32. 'Pandanus Misima' - black and white - Pandanus palm.
    Same image as AA 21/2/3/074.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/13/4.

  33. 'Loaga Misima H.K.B' - second label 'On the track' - black and white - local men carrying two white children in carriages on their shoulders.

  34. 'Misima. Narian Village' - second label 'Village Scene' - black and white - view of village with large house made from local materials in the foreground.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/6/2.

  35. 'Mission House. Misima HKB' - black and white - house made from "western" materials.

  36. 'Children at Loaga' - black and white - four young children seated on the grass.

  37. 'Loaga - Misima H.K.B.' - second label 'Kindergartin' (sic) - black and white - group of children (local and European) wearing some sort of party hat. Some adults as well.

  38. 'Loaga' - second label 'Students, Loaga' - black and white - group of school students dressed in white.

  39. 'Loaga' - second label 'Boys dance. Loaga' - black and white - group of boys in local dress, dancing.

  40. 'Panina was a nurse. Misima' - black and white - woman in a white dress and head garland holding a bunch of flowers.

  41. 'Tomeanati (small man) - Misima' - black and white - Tomeanati (a small man) standing next to a European man who is much taller. See also AA21/2/7/43.

  42. 'Waif girl Misima' second label 'Aiti waif girl Misima' - black and white - young girl.

  43. 'Misima' - second label 'Advertiser at Liak' - black and white - line of young women holding pages of a newspaper.

  44. 'Misima' - second label 'Advertisers Liak' - black and white - four women/girls holding pages of a newspaper.

  45. 'Misima at Liak on N. Coast. H.K.B' - second label 'A family' - black and white - family group.

  46. 'Hospital, Myola' - colour - hospital tents in background; Australian flag and a flag with a red cross on it on a flag pole; soldiers in background.

  47. 'New Britain Natives G.B.' - black and white - group of men.

  48. 'New Britain' - second label 'Group of Burden Bearers' - black and white - group of five women with bundles on their backs and heads.

  49. 'New Britain' - second label 'Group of Mothers & Children' - black and white - group of women and children.

  50. 'New Britain' - second label 'Three Bainig Women' - black and white - three women and a child. Bainig is probably Baining, a place near Rabaul.

  51. 'New Britain' - second label 'Bainig Net bags (with babes) - black and white - woman standing between two net bags holding babies which are hanging on a pole.

  52. 'New Britain' - second label 'Beniona typing' - black and white - man sitting at a desk typing on a typewriter.

  53. 'New Britain' - second label 'In the Classroom. G.B.C.' - black and white - large group of men sitting at desks.

  54. 'New Britain' - second label 'District Girls School, Vunairima' - black and white - large open building with people inside and out.

  55. 'New Britain' - second label 'George Brown College' - black and white - large two storey building.

  56. 'New Britain' - second label 'View from Mission House, Vunairima' - colour - view across gardens.

  57. 'Paneati H.K.B' - second label 'Metuisela Fifita & Family Misima. Wife a Papuan' - black and white - family group photo. There are two scanned images of this photo labelled AA21/2/3/057A and AA21/2/3/057B. The second one is the mirror image of the first.

  58. 'Nancy. A widow of Paneati' - black and white - woman in a white dress.

  59. 'Paneati' - second label 'Child' - black and white - young girl.

  60. 'Paneati H.K.B' - second label 'Bonapate' - black and white - man standing next to a bunch of coconuts on a pole.

  61. 'Panaeati Is.' - colour - view of village; houses on stilts, made from local materials.

  62. 'Panaeati I. Papua' - black and white - view along the coastline showing overhanging ledge at water's edge.

  63. 'UMI. River Markham' - colour - two Australian soldiers crossing the River Markham with a group of PNG men carrying equipment and rifles.

  64. 'Rossel Is. Women' - colour - several women and children in grass skirts; one child is holding a parrot.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/16/4.

  65. 'Rossel Is. H.K.B.' - black and white - man with rope wound around waist.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/16/2.

  66. 'Reef at Rossel Is.' - colour - elevated view of coastline with reef in the background.

  67. 'Rossel I. Wolonga Bay' - colour - view across Wolonga Bay with masted boat partly visible.

  68. 'Samarai H.K.B. 1929' - black and white - view of Samarai Island from the sea.

  69. 'Custom House. Samarai. Destroyed during war' - second label 'P.O. & Custom House Samarai' - colour - red-roofed timber building.

  70. Untitled - colour - jeep with army personnel in front of sign 'Oro Bay; Dobodura - Tokyo Road; ""There are many roads to Tokyo; we will neglect none of them." Pres. Roosevelt."

  71. 'Dept of Information (Carrier on trail from Buna to Sanananda' - second label - 'New Guinea Campaign' - colour - line of carriers crossing flooded area.

  72. 'Sanananda' - colour - soldiers wading through water with trees stripped of foliage in the background.

  73. 'Women of Tubetube Is.' - black and white - group of seated women in grass skirts.

  74. 'Loaga, Misima, S.E. Papua. H.K. Bartlett 5.5.33. Pandanus, from which fibre obtained for threading beads for bagi, nets, fishlines, rope, etc.' - black and white - Pandanus tree in foreground. Same image as AA21/2/3/032.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/13/4.

  75. 'Nr. Loaga, Misima, S.E. Papua. H.K. Bartlett 5.5.33. Secondary vine jungle overgrowing garden plot' - black and white - foliage growing over everything.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/13/2.

  76. Untitled - black and white - small group of people on a beach.

  77. 'Miss I Badcock Africa'. This image is from Africa and belongs to Miss I Badcock collection - AA14, ACC 1835. The original photo is in an album with two other photos from AA14. 'Native woman and two men. Smith hammering anklet on woman's leg'.

  78. 'Nr. Loaga, Misima Is. H.K. Bartlett 5.5.33. Clearing dense rainforest to prepare garden' - black and white - felled trees in forest.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/13/1.

  79. Untitled - black and white - profile photo of a young man in a suit jacket - same subject as AA21/2/3-080.

  80. Untitled - black and white - frontal photo of a young man - same subject as AA21/2/3-079.

  81. 'Matty I (all)' - black and white - four photos scanned together. One shows four young women in traditional dress; the others are village scenes.

  82. 'All 4 Matty I.' - black and white - four photos scanned together. Each photo shows two young women in traditional dress.

  83. 'Rev Bartlett New Guinea copied 4/5/48' - black and white - man in grass skirt and ceremonial head dress. Image has been identified as being from "New Hebrides" (Vanuatu), rather than Papua New Guinea. See related image AA21/2/3/086.

  84. 'Rev Bartlett New Guinea copied' - black and white - man sitting and holding spear; traditional dress.

  85. 'Rev Bartlett New Guinea Copied 1948' - black and white - family group; three holding paddles; prow of canoe in the background.

  86. 'Rev Bartlett Copied 4/5/48' - black and white - group of men in grass skirts and ceremonial head dress. Image has been identified as being from "New Hebrides" (Vanuatu), rather than Papua New Guinea. See related image AA21/2/3/083.

  87. 'Wuvula or Matty I canoe. Off N coast N Guinea. Photo by Wilhelm Leonhard [sic] of Matty I.' - black and white - boy standing with canoe.

  88. 'Matty I' - black and white - two young women in traditional dress.

  89. 'Matty I' - black and white - two young women with feathered head dresses.

  90. 'Wuvula, Matty Island off N. coast New Guinea. Photo by Wilhelm Leonhardt' - black and white - two young women in traditional dress standing in front of a house.

  91. 'New Guinea Rev Bartlett' - black and white - portrait photo of a man.

  92. 'New Guinea Rev Bartlett' - black and white - man sitting on the ground with some sort of stringed tool.

  93. 'On same day as Skull dance. H.K.B's embarkation' - second label "Duau Feast' - black and white - large group of people at water's edge.

  94. 'Bunama - Normanby Is H.K.B. "day of skull dance" - second label 'Canoe launching Papua' - black and white - large outrigger canoe being launched.

  95. 'Leaving Lekemba Reef' - second label ' Leaving Lekemba Reef etc. Katoomba 2 miles out' - black and white - boat on tow with island in background.

  96. 'Skull dance by women. Men stand back and sob. Normanby Island' - black and white - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Same image as AA22/2/3/001. Three women in traditional dress holding baskets; one in front holding what looks like a human skull.

  97. 'Normanby I skull dance 4 women, principal with skull in basket' - black and white - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Related images AA21/2/3/001 and AA21/2/3/096 and 098-100. Woman in foreground holding basket containing a skull; NB "4" in label means "for".
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/18/4.

  98. 'Normanby I skull dance 4 women skull in basket' - black and white - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Related images AA21/2/3/001 and AA21/2/3/096-097 and 099-100. two women holding baskets containing skulls; NB "4" in label means "for".
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/18/3.

  99. 'Woman's skull dance Louisiade Arch. Normanby I.' - colour - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Related images AA21/2/3/001 and AA21/2/3/096-098 and 100. Four women in grass skirts.
    Refer black and white print in album at AA 21/13/18/2.

  100. 'betel. Display food Normanby I skull dance' - colour - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Related images AA21/2/3/001 and AA21/2/3/096-099. Food items on wooden platform with betel nut clusters hanging underneath.

  101. 'Narian S coast Misima' - black and white - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Group of people with a bay in the background. Refer back and white photograph in album at AA21/13/2/4.

  102. 'Misima women at Loaga' - black and white - photo has label 'N B Tindale'. Woman in grass skirt holding a child.




Places mentioned: Bunama (PNG), Normanby Island (PNG), Duau (PNG), Bwaga Bwaga (Misima Island, PNG), Dobu (PNG), Hanuabada (Port Moresby, PNG), Kiriwina (PNG), Milne Bay (PNG), Rossel Island (PNG), Misima (PNG), Liak (PNG), Buaga Buaga (PNG), Loaga (PNG), Narian Village (PNG), Myola (PNG), New Britain (PNG), Bainig (PNG), Baining (PNG), Vunairima (PNG), George Brown College (New Britain, PNG), Paneati (PNG), River Markham (PNG), Wolonga Bay (PNG), Samarai (PNG), Oro Bay (PNG), Dobodura (PNG), Tokyo (Japan), Buna (PNG), Sanananda (PNG), Tubetube Island (PNG), Wuvula (PNG), Matty Island (PNG), Bunama (PNG), Lekemba Reef (PNG), Louisiade Archipelago (PNG).

People mentioned: Gaganamori, Reverend G Brown, Lopi, Pulitara, Enamakala, Rev M.K. Gilmour, JR Williams, Panina, Tomeanati, Aiti, Beniona, Metuisela Fifita, Nancy, Bonapate, President Roosevelt, Wilhelm Leonhard, Wilhelm Leonhardt.

Ships/Boats mentioned: Katoomba.

Creator: Harry K Bartlett
Control: AA 21/2/3/1 - 102
Quantity:    102   Lantern glass plates (1-73, 93-95, 97-103) Half plate glass negatives (74-92)
Formats: Photographic Glass Negatives
Series:  AA21/02