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.
C1 - "Church L.M.S. station - Orokolo" written on verso. Long, thatched building; the roofing material on the 'steeple' is missing. [Note: "LMS" is London Missionary Society].
C2 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Our white cook, T. McGowan [?]; Upoia?
C3 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Canoe scene, Upoia, Vailala River".
C4 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Group of natives on riverbank, Upoia, Vailala River".
C5 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Two natives on riverbank, Upoia, Vailala River".
C6 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Canoe scene, Upoia, Vailala River".
C7 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Group of canoes and men, Vailala River".
C8 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Canoe scene, Vailala River".
C9 - (negative numbered C10). "My survey boys. Left to Right Itori, Woro, Kelala, Hamoi, Dia" written on verso. Five young men in a line, wearing 'lap-laps'. Two copies of the photograph.
C10 - "Track scene near Upoia on Aro Aro track" written on verso. Cleared track through forest.
C11 - "Surveying new road - Upoia to coast" written on verso. Thick undergrowth.
C12 - Photo and negative missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Man and woman cutting up sago palm".
C13 - "Boy climbing coconut tree" written on verso. Young man part way up a coconut tree; house next to coconut trees.
C14 - "Vailala River looking south from Letts" written on verso. View along the river with thick forest along the banks.
C15 - "Camp scene near Upoia" written on verso. Canvas tent and fly with small 'bush material' structure to one side. European man sitting in a canvas 'deck chair' with a local man standing next to him. Two copies of the photograph.
C16 - "Prolific Poapoa tree - Upoia" written on verso. Pawpaw tree with numerous fruits along the trunk.
C17 - "My cook boy Nobigu in dancing costume" written on verso. Boy wearing necklace, arm bands, waist band and leg bands and holding a small drum. He has a patterned loin cloth held up by a leather belt and a woven belt. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 21.
C18 - "White Quarters - Upoia (old style native house)" written on verso. Large thatch-roofed building on stilts; European man standing on the steps.
C19 - "Survey boys & survey canoe Upoia" written on verso. Outrigger canoe with six men and cargo aboard. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo. on page 23
C20 - "Fault in rocks near Upoia" written on verso. Additional note in folder named "Papers": "Dull wet weather". Man standing in front of a rock face; distinct line along which rock bedding is different on either side of the line. Three copies of the photograph.
C21 - "Fault in rocks near Upoia" written on verso. Additional note in folder named "Papers": "Dull wet weather". A rock face with a distinct line along which rock bedding is different on either side of the line. Four copies of the photograph.
C22 - "Moving camp by canoe - Upoia" written on verso. Canoe with nine men, a dog and cargo aboard. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 20.
C23 - "Moving camp by canoe - Upoia" written on verso. Almost exactly the same as C22. Canoe with eight men visible, a dog and cargo aboard. The ninth man isn't visible in this photograph. Two copies of the photograph.
C24 - "Scene at Nepaga Village Creek near Vailala Mouth" written on verso. Four canoes in a small creek.
C25 - "Old man at Nepaga Village Vailala River" written on verso. Old man sitting on the ground holding a long, thin fruit and apparently eating with a thin implement (could be made from wood or bone).
C26 - "Old man at Nepaga Village Vailala River" written on verso. Old man sitting on the ground holding betel-nut chewing equipment. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 40.
C27 - "Village scene at Ijori Village" written on verso. Additional note in list in folder named "Papers": "Village scene - crotons". Village houses set amongst coconut and croton trees.
C28 - "Young boy with ulcers at Nepaga Village - Vailala R" written on verso. Young, thin boy with bumpy lesions on his face, arms and legs.
C29 - "Two hunters with cuss-cuss Nepaga Village - Vailala R" written on verso. Two men holding captured cuscus; one with his bow and arrows. A third man standing to one side. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 30.
C30 - "Village scene at Maiva Village - Mekeo district" written on verso. Village buildings set amongst coconut trees.
C31 - "Roman Catholic Mission at Berema Village - Mekeo District" written on verso. Church built on stilts; walls made from what looks like bamboo.
C32 - "Village scene at Berema Village - Mekeo District" written on verso. Village houses surrounding a central open area.
C33 - "Village scene at Maiva Village - Mekeo district" written on verso. Village houses, most with fences, surrounding a central open area with people sitting in this area.
C34 - "Village scene at Maiva Village - Mekeo district" written on verso. Village houses, most with fences, surrounding a central open area. Same scene as C33 but with people standing in this area.
C35 - "Women cutting little girls[sic] hair - Kivoori Poe Village near Yule Island" written on verso. Note, there is a place named Kivori-Kui just north of Yule Island. Two women sitting either side of a small girl cutting her hair with scrapers of some sort.
C36 - copied (negative missing). "Samoan Mission House - Kivoori Poe Village" written on verso. [Note, there is a place named Kivori-Kui just north of Yule Island]. Thatch-roofed building on stilts. In front of the building are standing a man, woman and baby dressed in white clothing and a group of villagers.
C37 - "Cape Possession Beds" written on verso. Cape Possession cliff showing rock bedding. Four copies of the photograph.
C38 - "Outcrop of rock at Yule Island" written on verso. Rocky outcrop with a circular shape jutting into the sea. Four copies of the photograph. There is a similar photo in Usher "Photographs Folder 3", AA835/1/9, page 46, photo (c).
C39 - "Old woman making pottery at Chiria Village - Yule Island" written on verso. Woman sitting on the ground surrounded by clay pots she is making. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement and an additional copy of this photo on pages 6 and 28.
C40 - Negative missing. "Rescuing a horse at Yule Island" written on verso. A horse lying in shallow water, surrounded by people, including two European men.
C41 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Women tattooing, Berena village".
C42 - "Scene at Yule Island looking towards Delena" written on verso. View across water to land in the distance.
C43 - "Dubu at Helau Village near Vailala River Mouth" written on verso. Tall, narrow building with peaked roof; patterned trimming of thatch on the front of the building. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 20.
C44 - Photo and negative missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "R.C. mission at Mohu village, Mekeo District".
C45 - "Portrait two Mekeo boys" written on verso. Head and upper chest photo of two young men wearing neck decorations. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 22.
C46 - "Market scene - Mohu Creek Yule Island" written on verso. Large group of people on the river bank in front of some make-shift structures; very long outrigger canoe loaded with produce.
C47 - "Men with spears and shields Maiva Village Mekeo District" written on verso. Three men with spears held in throwing stance; one man is holding a shield.
C48 - "Boys with bows and arrows Maiva Village - Mekeo District" written on verso. Six boys posing with bows and arrows.
C49 - "L.L. Wrathall off to enlist" written on verso. LL Wrathall sitting amongst a group of men and boys aboard a ship.
C50 - "Washing baby - Pinnapaka Village near Yule Island" written on verso. Woman wearing a grass skirt washing small child in the sea. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy and an enlargement of this photo on pages 17 and 38.
C51 - "Lawrence Schlenker - Orokolo L.M.S." written on verso. Young boy posing in front of a picket fence. [Note: "LMS" is London Missionary Society]. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 39.
C52 - "L.M.S. Station Orokolo" written on verso. Large building on stilts with thatched roof. Three copies of the photograph. [Note: "LMS" is London Missionary Society]. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 39.
C53 - "Dubu at Biai village - sleeping quarters for G. Bryson". Same written on verso. The photo itself has "Appendicitis Hospital" inscribed on it. Building with high peaked roof behind a fence. Two copies of the photograph.
C54 - "Man with elephantiasis near Vailala mouth" written on verso. Man with very swollen scrotum.
C55 - "Launching Whaleboat at Vailala River Mouth" written on verso. Large group of men pushing whaleboat towards the water.
C56 - "Launching canoe log - Vailala Mouth" written on verso. Large log about to be pushed into the water on timber slides by a large group of men.
C57 - "Women fishing in lagoon at Vailala River Mouth" written on verso. Numerous women fishing with nets, standing in shallow lagoon.
C58 - "No 6 bore - Upoia" written on verso. Bore derrick and two roofed structures with pipes in the foreground. Drilling machinery under one of the roofed structures.
C59 - "Tramway scene - Upoia" written on verso. Tramway with small cart on the track. Three European men sitting on the cart and local men pulling the cart. Four copies of the photograph.
C60 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "New oilfields launch 'Vailala', Vailala".
C61 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "New oilfields launch, 'Vailala', Vailala".
C62 - "Flying foxes in swamp" inscribed on the photo. Thin trees in the foreground with flying foxes in the distance.
C63 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Scene in swamp showing flying foxes".
C64 - "Loop No. 2 Vailala R" inscribed on the photo. River in the foreground looking towards forested banks in the distance.
C65 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Skipper and engineer of launch 'Vailala', Vailala River".
C66 - "Photo of trees on road from Upoia to coast" written on verso. Man standing in front of trees with large buttress roots.
C67 - "Forest scene" inscribed on the photo. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Photo of trees on road from Upoia to coast". Dense forest.
C68 - Photo missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Photo of trees on road from Upoia to coast".
C69 - "McDonald's house - Vaiviri" written on verso. Small thatch-roofed house on stilts with a European man and a horse standing in front of the house.
C70" - No label on photo. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Moresby Grifton on launch 'Vailala'". Small European boy and local man on a boat - part of a rolled up sail is in the photo.
C71 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Bridge on the Upoia - Vaiviri track, Vailala oilfield".
C72 - "Bridge on Upoia-Vaiviri track, Vailala oilfield" written on verso. Large group of men lined up on narrow timber footbridge built on timber trestles. The folder named "Photographs 2", AA835/1/8, has a copy of this photo on page 12, photo (b).
C73 - Destroyed. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Large tree on Upoia - Vaiviri track, Vailala oilfield".
C74 - "Photographic expedition in Purari Delta - Xmas 1915" written on verso. Note written by Ron Vanderwal in 1997: "Note that this is a clan-owned canoe - probably Namau made from hard-wood. Clan design may be identifiable". Two long canoes with men on both. One has a European man holding a rifle, accompanied by his dog. The canoes have a design carved into along their lengths. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 23.
C75 - (negative missing, copied) - "Iai Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Village buildings around water's edge; several canoes at water's edge.
C76 - "Old men - U-K-i aravi village - Purari Delta" written on verso. Note added: "Iai (see notes)". Nine old men standing in a row.
C77 - "Young boys - Iai Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Large group of young boys.
C78 - "Young men - U-K-i aravi village - Purari Delta" written on verso. Note added: "Iai according to notes cf 77, 79 - same place but named Iai village". Twelve young men standing in a row. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 23.
C79 - "Women and children - Iai Village - Purari Delta" written on verso. Note added: "cf 76, 78 - same place but named Uki aravi village". Women and children in a row.
C80 - "Old men - Iai Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Close-up photo of three old men. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 27.
C81 - (negative missing, copied) - "Irava (club house) Iai Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Several shields or plaques with painted designs; several human skulls on the floor in front of the shields/plaques and others attached to a pole.
C82 - No label on photo. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Iai village Purari Delta". View along a river towards village in the distance.
C83 - "Three women - Iai Village Purari delta - Central one, a widow, covered with white clay" written on verso. Three women; the one in the middle has white clay on her face and body. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy and two enlargements of this photo on pages 30 and 49.
C84 - Photo and negative missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "Creek scene near Kairu village, Purari Delta".
C85 - "Old men - Kairu Village - Purari Delta" written on verso. Four men standing in a row.
C86 - "Dwelling houses at Kairu Village - Purari Delta". Same written on verso. Same as D16. Two houses on stilts with very high fronts; several people seated in entrance area.
C87 - "Aimunu (Initiates basket) Purari Delta W.D." written on verso. [Note: "Captives" crossed out and replaced with "Initiates"]. Additional note in list in folder named "Papers": "Koropenaira village; Koropenairu on maps". Poor photo of what looks to be a semi-circular object with feathers around the outer edge.
Same photo as D7.
C88 - "Village scene - Iai [crossed out] Huki aravi Village Purari Delta" written on verso. River with village houses on the bank; canoe with six people on the river.
C89 - "Canoe scene - Iai Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Numerous canoes with many people aboard; village in the background. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 25.
C90 - "L.M.S. Station - Urika - Purari Delta" written on verso. Large building on stilts with thatched roof and a verandah all round. Three copies of the photograph. [Note: "LMS" is London Missionary Society].
C91 - "Returning from the gardens - Maipua Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Long canoe with many people on board. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 30.
C92 - "Interior of Lakatoi showing method of housing" written on verso. Description in list in folder named "Papers" adds that this is at U-Ki-Aravi village. Three men sitting within timber roofing and framing. Three copies of the photograph.
C93 - "Lakatoi (side view) with masts in position - Purari Delta Kaimare Village" written on verso. "East end Lakatoi at Purari Delta" inscribed on the photo. Large canoe with extensive superstructure building; two masts. Two copies of the photograph. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an enlargement of this photo on page 50.
C94 - "Street scene - Kaimare Village - Purari Delta" written on verso. Village buildings.
C95 - "Women at Kaimare Village Purari Delta" written on verso. Three women, one with a baby.
C96 - Photo and negative missing. Description in list in folder named "Papers": "General scene - panorama, Kaimari village".
C97 - "Kaimari Village Purari Delta". Same written on verso except "Kaimari" is spelled "Kaimare". View across water to a large village in the distance.
C98 - "Kaimari Village Purari Delta". Same written on verso except "Kaimari" is spelled "Kaimare". View across water to a large village built partly over the water.
C99 - Negative missing. "A Lakatoi from East end of Papua waiting in Purari Delta for load of sago given in exchange for load of pots & other trade goods. U-K-i aravi Village" written on verso. Lakatoi moored to river bank. Same photo as C100.
C100 - "Lakatoi from East end of Papua at Uki aravi Village/Purari waiting for load of sago in exchange for load of pots and other trade goods. Uki aravi Village" written on verso. Lakatoi moored to river bank. Same photo as C99. The folder named "Photographs 1" has an additional copy of this photo on page 28.