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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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Photograph Album B

Archive Collections / Ernest Sterne Usher / Series AA835/1 / Photograph Album B

  1. B1 - "S.S. 'Kanowna' Troopship coming in to Port Moresby - outbreak of war August 1914" written on verso. Single masted ship moving past wharf.

  2. B2 - "S.S. Kanowna" written on verso. Single masted ship moving past wharf.

  3. B3 - "Troops on S.S. 'Kanowna'" written on verso. Uniformed troops on ship.

  4. B4 - "Troops on S.S. 'Kanowna'" written on verso. Uniformed troops on ship. Two copies of the photograph.

  5. B5 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Torpedo destroyers alongside 'Kanowa'".

  6. B6 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Torpedo destroyers alongside 'Kanowa'".

  7. B7 - "Australian troops drilling at Port Moresby" written on verso. Groups of men drilling in the middle distance; houses in the background.

  8. B8 - "Australian troops drilling at Port Moresby" written on verso. Groups of men drilling in the middle distance; houses in the background.

  9. B9 - "Australian troops drilling in Port Moresby at the outbreak of war" written on verso. Groups of men drilling in the middle distance; houses in the background. Two copies of the photograph.

  10. B10 - "Australian troops drilling at Port Moresby" written on verso. Line of men marching.

  11. B11 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Australian troops drilling at Port Moresby at the outbreak of war".

  12. B12 - "Australian troops drilling at Port Moresby" written on verso. Group of soldiers sitting on the ground in the foreground; other groups in the background.

  13. B13 - "Heliographers at work" written on verso. Description in list in folder named "Papers" indicates that the location was Port Moresby. Two soldiers using a heliograph.

  14. B14 - "Heliographers at work" written on verso. Description in list in folder named "Papers" indicates that the location was Port Moresby.T wo soldiers using a heliograph with other soldiers in the background.

  15. B15 - "Red Cross Corps - Port Moresby" written on verso. Small group of uniformed men.

  16. B16 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Torpedo destroyers at Port Moresby".

  17. B17 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Torpedo destroyers at Port Moresby".

  18. B18 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Torpedo destroyers at Port Moresby".

  19. B19 - "Canoe scene - Yule Island" written on verso. Outrigger canoe carrying produce; six people on board.

  20. B20 - "Canoe scene - Yule Island" written on verso. Outrigger canoe with three women on board using poles to propel the canoe.

  21. B21 - "View of R.C. Mission Station from sea at Yule Island" written on verso. Description in list in folder named "Papers" adds that this is the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Mission Station. Mission Station on Yule Island.

  22. B22 - "Scene at Aidana Village near Port Moresby - Panorama" Canoe scene - Yule Island" written on verso. Long line of people with thatched houses on stilts behind them.

  23. B23 - "Scene at Aidana Village near Port Moresby - Panorama" Canoe scene - Yule Island" written on verso. Long line of people with thatched houses on stilts behind them.

  24. B24 - "Group of young children at Aidana Village" written on verso. Group of children with women standing behind them.

  25. B25 - "Group of young boys at Aidana Village" written on verso. Large group of boys with village in the background.

  26. B26 - "Church of England - Port Moresby August 1914" written on verso. Church with arched windows and doors.

  27. B27 - "Start of first Railway in Papua, Port Moresby - Aug. 1914" written on verso. Men moving soil by hand to create embankment.

  28. B28 - "Start of first Railway in Papua, Port Moresby - Aug. 1914" written on verso. Men digging a cutting by hand.

  29. B29 - "Start of first Railway in Papua - Aug. 1914" written on verso. Men digging a cutting by hand.

  30. B30 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Coast scene near Koki, Port Moresby".

  31. B31 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from house looking towards river, Feb 1915; Upoia?".

  32. B32 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "New house, Feb 1915; Upoia".

  33. B33 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Mr Massey-Baker in canoe, Feb 1915; Kerema?".

  34. B34 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Government station, Kerema Feb 1915".

  35. B35 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Baby, Feb 1915; Ipisi village near Kerema".

  36. B36 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Boys playing in surf, Feb 1915; Ipisi village".

  37. B37 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Cutter Nouei [?] from 'Ela', Feb 1915".

  38. B38 - "Natives dressing to go home - Vailala River mouth" written on verso. Several men on the deck of a boat getting changed.

  39. B39 - "Natives transferring goods to canoes from launch - Vailala River mouth" written on verso. Men passing goods from launch to canoe.

  40. B40 - "Off for home in canoes. Vailala River mouth" written on verso. Three outrigger canoes with people on board setting out across river.

  41. B41 - "Canoes coming out to meet boat" written on verso. Several outrigger canoes being paddled on river.

  42. B42 - "Launch 'Ela' - Upoia" written on verso. Launch with a European woman, two European men and two local men on board.

  43. B43 - "Canoe building - Koraita near Kerema" written on verso. Seven men with a partially finished outrigger canoe.

  44. B44 - "House in Building - Koraita near Kerema" written on verso. Two large thatched building with sloping fronts. The one on the left is under construction.

  45. B45 - "Unloading cargo at Upoia - Vailala oilfields" written on verso. Approximately ten men carrying a large wooden crate on poles between their shoulders.

  46. B46 - "Distributing weekly allowance of tobacco, matches etc. Upoia" written on verso. Men lined up; building with thatch-roofed verandah in the background.

  47. B47 - "Woman & child - village near Port Moresby" written on verso. Woman with a child at her breast. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 20.

  48. B48 - "Old couple - village near Port Moresby" written on verso. Old man and woman. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 18.

  49. B49 - "General view - village near P.M." written on verso. View of village houses, all on stilts, built on a low ridge - near Port Moresby. Two copies of the photograph.

  50. B50 - "Street scene - village near P.M. [Port Moresby]" written on verso. Several thatched houses on either side of pathway; several people, including two European men, in the foreground.

  51. B51 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View to coast from village near Port Moresby".

  52. B52 - "Village scene village near Port Moresby" written on verso. Village showing thatched houses on stilts.

  53. B53 - "Large rubber tree, showing aerial roots - Upoia" written on verso. Rubber tree with massive aerial root system; man standing by tree shows the size of the roots.

  54. B54 - "Boys road making at Upoia" written on verso. Men felling trees and shifting soil, cutting a road through the forest. Two copies of the photograph.

  55. B55 - "Transporting boring plant - Upoia" written on verso. Very long line of men hauling machinery on a rope.

  56. B56 - "Transporting boring plant - Upoia" written on verso. Very long line of men hauling a large piece of machinery with steel wheels by rope.

  57. B57 - "Boys going to work - Upoia" written on verso. Very long line of men walking through a large clearing.

  58. B58 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from bore site No. 6 to white quarters, Sept 1914; Upoia".

  59. B59 - "View from Bore Site No. 6 to White Quarters" written on verso. Bore steel mast with buildings behind and to the side.

  60. B60 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from white quarters to river, Sept 1914; Upoia".

  61. B61 - Copied - negative missing - "View of Upoia" written on verso. View of forest with some large-leafed plants in the foreground. Two copies of the photograph.

  62. B62 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from white quarters to river, Sept 1914; Upoia".

  63. B63 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from white quarters to river, Sept 1914; Upoia".

  64. B64 - "Two old women - Purari Village" written on verso. Two old women in the foreground and younger women in the background.

  65. B65 - "Native house and group - Purari Village" written on verso. A group of men, women and children in front of a high-roofed house. Two copies of the photograph. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 24.

  66. B66 - "Group of women - Purari Village Vailala R" written on verso. Large group of women and children in front of village houses.

  67. B67 - "Group of men - Purari Village Vailala R" written on verso. Large group of women in front of village houses.

  68. B68 - "A mid-day halt on Purari trip - J.M. Murray on whaleboat" written on verso. Whaleboat with a large group of men standing on the riverbank and JM Murray in the boat; man tending a cooking fire to one side.

  69. B69 - "View of Vailala River looking South from White Quarters" written on verso. View across a clearing towards a river; uncleared forest on the far side of the river. Two copies of the photograph.

  70. B70 - "Group of women - Akauda Village Vailala River" written on verso. Three women with their children in front of a village house.

  71. B71 - "Group of women - Akauda Village Vailala River" written on verso. Large group of women and children in front of a village house.

  72. B72 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from Hahia village looking towards Upoia".

  73. B73 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from Hahia village looking towards Upoia".

  74. B74 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Group taken at departure of Mr C.H. Locke, Upoia?".

  75. B75 - "Group of men and carriers - Urawoi Village" written on verso. Large group of men and boys with a village house in the background.

  76. B76 - "Group of women - Urawoi Village" written on verso. Group of women and children with palm trees in the background.

  77. B77 - "Group of old men - Borki Village ??" written on verso. Seven men in a line. Two copies of the photograph.

  78. B78 - "Group of children - Borki Village - Vailala R." written on verso. Group of children with some men.

  79. B79 - "Fish traps across creek - Urawoi Village district" written on verso. Six woven fish traps set in a wooden framework.

  80. B80 - "Large rubber tree with aerial roots - Urawoi district (Orovoi on '4 mile' map" written on verso. Rubber tree with aerial roots and two mn standing amongst the roots.

  81. B81 - "Rock exposures between Upoia and Borki" written on verso. Rock outcrops on the far side of river.

  82. B82 - "Rock outcrops between Upoia & Borki" written on verso. Rock outcrops on the far side of river.

  83. B83 - "Rock exposures between Upoia and Borki" written on verso. Man sitting on rock outcrop at river bank.

  84. B84 - "Survey Group on Stadia Traverse, Vailala River" written on verso. Small launch with a canoe near the river bank; stadia equipment on the bank. Two copies of the photo.

  85. B85 - "Smith's (Driller's) house - Upoia" written on verso. Large, thatch-rooved house with 12 local men and one European man lined up in front of the house.

  86. B86 - negative missing - copied - "Boy who is going through Dubu Ceremony - Vailala Village. (Hara) - cloak woven from the fronds of a coconut palm" written on verso. Youth wrapped inside woven cloak; outrigger canoe and coconut palms in the background. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 51.

  87. B87 - "Fishing women - Vailala Village" written on verso. Two women standing in shallow water holding large triangular nets. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 29.

  88. B88 - "Dubu in construction - Vailala Village" written on verso. Tall, peaked building showing internal framework. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 9.

  89. B89 - "Group of young children - Vailala Village" written on verso. Large group of young children, mainly girls. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 20.

  90. B90 - "Hunting for turtle eggs - Vailala River" written on verso. Young person with a digging stick with a man looking on; long line of turtle eggs. The folder named "Photographs 1" has two enlargements and an additional copy of this photo on pages 4, 5 and 23.

  91. B91 - "Kiwi boys shaving with broken glass" written on verso. One man shaving another using a piece of glass.

  92. B92 - "Group of white residents - Upoia - Oct 1914" written on verso. Five European men sitting on steps.

  93. B93 - Six European men sitting on steps; one local man standing to one side.

  94. B94 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Woman with elephantiasis, Vailala village".

  95. B95 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Portrait of J. Hodges, Upoia".

  96. B96 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Women cutting hair, Vailala village".

  97. B97 - Photo missing - negative only. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Nobigu, my cook boy".

  98. B98 - "Murray Falls on Ivori River (Mr. Massey-Baker RM)" written on verso. A European man and a local man standing on a rocky outcrop,

  99. B99 - "Tree house - Hukerara Village Vailala R." written on verso. Thatched house built on a high platform supported by numerous thin poles; ladder at entrance; man sitting in the entrance.

  100. B100 - "Canoe scene - Vailala R. near Ivori R." written on verso. Several outrigger canoes with men aboard.

  101. B101 - "Vailala River looking up-stream from Keki village" written on verso. River with dense forest on both sides.

  102. B102 - "Village scene - Paku Village Upper Vailala R." written on verso. Village houses with a group of people, mainly men, in front.

  103. B103 - "Village scene - Keki Upper Vailala R." written on verso. Village houses with a row of people in front.

  104. B104 - "Junction of Dahili and Vailala Rivers" written on verso. River with dense forest on both sides. Two copies of the photograph.

  105. B105 - "Junction of Vailala and Ivori Rivers" written on verso. Canoe on river.

  106. B106 - "Creek scene near Upoia" written on verso. Creek in thick forest.

  107. B107 - "Creek scene near Upoia showing very dense scrub" written on verso. Creek in thick forest.

  108. B108 - "Scene on Ivori River. Furtherest North" written on verso. Part of outrigger canoe on river with dense forest on both banks.

  109. B109 - "Scene on Ivori River" written on verso. River with dense forest on both banks.

  110. B110 - "Tree Observation Station Upoia" written on verso. Bare tree with a platform built near the top; long ladder attached to the trunk for access. Additional copy in folder "Photographs Folder 1", page 27, photo (b). Also, same subject in photos in folder "Photographs Folder 3" page 21, photo (d) and page 22, photo (a). In these photos the observation tree is not bare.

  111. B111 - "Nobigu and Lady" written on verso. Young boy holding 'Lady', the dog. Two copies of the photograph.

  112. B112 - Destroyed. No description available.

  113. B113 - Destroyed. No description available.

  114. B114 - Destroyed. No description available.

  115. B115 - "Cook boys - Upoia
    left to right:
    Klo, Aupa, Nobigu, Orupe, Collupe" written on verso. Five men/boys wearing 'lap-laps'.

  116. B116 - "Women making sago - Horu village near Upoia" written on verso. Woman beating sago palm trunk with a stick; another woman standing to one side holding a large leaf to collect sago.
    Note written on the back: "Note rubbish bag on sago petiole platform, attached with pegs. Also black palm leaf collector at the bottom of trough - for flour". The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 21.

  117. B117 - "Woman making sago - Horu Village - near Upoia" written on verso. Woman beating sago in a trough supported by sticks. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 41.

  118. B118 - "Woman making sago - Horu Village near Horu" written on verso. Woman beating sago in a trough supported by sticks. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 42.

  119. B119 - "Boys with Cassowary - Hahia Camp" written on verso. Men carrying a dead Cassowary on a pole. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 29.

  120. B120 - "Woman making basket - Horu Village" written on verso. Woman sitting on the ground

  121. B121 - "Scene among bamboo near Hahia" written on verso. Bamboo thicket.

  122. B122 - "Crossing creek near Keuru (bet. [between] Vailala R & Kerema) written on verso. Men carrying large bundles on poles across creek. Two copies of the photograph.

  123. B123 - "Man shooting fish - Keuru" written on verso. Man standing on a small platform near the shore, shooting fish with bow and arrows. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement and another copy of this photo on pages 3 and 30.

  124. B124 - "Motu-Motu canoe poling along coast - Keuru" written on verso. Twin-masted canoe with about 13 people on board being propelled by poles near the water's edge.

  125. B125 - "Cave in limestone near Bluff near Keuru" written on verso. Large cave with two men sitting on a rock at the entrance.

  126. B126 - "Dancing men - Koraita near Kerema" written on verso. Four men wearing painted masks and cloaks made from reeds or grass; village houses in the background. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 26.

  127. B127 - "Koraita, near Kerema". "Dancing men - Koraita near Kerema" written on verso. Four men wearing painted masks and cloaks made from reeds or grass; village houses in the background. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 8.

  128. B128 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Dancing men entering dubu, Feb 1915", Koraita.

  129. B129 - "Boys spearing fish near Kerema" written on verso. Eleven boys posing with spears, some with bows and arrows, near the water's edge. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 41.

  130. B130 - "Boys scrambling for tobacco - Kerema" written on verso. Group of boys near the water's edge, looking and reaching upwards. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 19.

  131. B131 - "Man with Elephantiasis" written on verso. Photograph of a man.

  132. B132 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from Kerema Station looking north, Feb 1915".

  133. B133 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from Kerema Station looking north, Feb 1915".

  134. B134 - B134a and B134b - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View from Kerema Station looking towards Mai [?] Point, Feb 1915". No prints; two negatives, probably left to right panorama.

  135. B135 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from tree trig station, Upoia, for photographic survey work [l to r].

  136. B136 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from tree trig station, Upoia, for photographic survey work [l to r]. Two identical negatives.

  137. B137 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from tree trig station, Upoia, for photographic survey work [l to r].

  138. B138 - Photo missing; two identical negatives. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from tree trig station, Upoia, for photographic survey work [l to r].

  139. B139 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from tree trig station, Upoia, for photographic survey work [l to r].

  140. B140 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  141. B141 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  142. B142 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  143. B143 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  144. B144 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  145. B145 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  146. B146 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  147. B147 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic view from Bald Hill, Upoia, for photographic survey [l to r].

  148. B148 - "White Bell - fungus near Upoia - (photographs from nature)" written on verso. Fungus with a lace net around the stem.

  149. B149 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Verandah scene at Upoia".

  150. B150 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panorama of oilfield from behind Smith's house, Upoia" [l to r].

  151. B151 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panorama of oilfield from behind Smith's house, Upoia" [l to r].

  152. B152 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View towards Albert Ranges from Bald Hill, Upoia".

  153. B153 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Cloud studies, Upoia".

  154. B154 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Cloud studies, Upoia".

  155. B155 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Cloud studies, Upoia".

  156. B156 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Women breaking down sago pith, March 1915; near Dua village".

  157. B157 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Women breaking down sago pith, March 1915; near Dua village".

  158. B158 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Rock outcrop on Dua Creek near gorge, March 1915".

  159. B159 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Rock outcrop on Dua Creek near gorge, March 1915".

  160. B160 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic views from Ahia [?] village looking east [l to r]".

  161. B161 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Panoramic views from Ahia [?] village looking east [l to r]".

  162. B162 - "Mess table - Upoia - J Hodges, R Bannon" written on verso. Two European men sitting at a table and two local men and a dog next to them, on a porch.

  163. B163 - "Women breaking down Sago pith (near Dua Village)" written on verso. Three women beating sago with wooden implements. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 40.

  164. B164 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View of camp near Dua village, March 1915".

  165. B165 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "View of camp near Dua village, March 1915".

  166. B166 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Still life study - Monkey Bar".

  167. B167 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Still life study - Monkey Bar".

  168. B168 - "Scenes on Billabong near Borki" written on verso. Water scene with tall thin trees on the far side.

  169. B169 - "Scene on Billabong near Borki Village" written on verso. Four men in the water with tall, thin trees in the background.

  170. B170 - "Scene on Billabong near Borki Village" written on verso. Looking over water to forest in the background.

  171. B171 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers" for B171 - B173: "Swamp tree (mangrove roots); moving camp by canoe; Vailala River".

  172. B172 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers" for B171 - B173: "Swamp tree (mangrove roots); moving camp by canoe; Vailala River".

  173. B173 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers" for B171 - B173: "Swamp tree (mangrove roots); moving camp by canoe; Vailala River".

Creator: Ernest Sterne Usher
Control: AA835/1/2
Series:  AA835/1