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Photographs (Folder 2)

Archive Collections / Ernest Sterne Usher / Series AA835/1 / Photographs (Folder 2)

Photographs in this folder are from various photographers and sources:

  • Ernest Sterne Usher

  • LL Wrathall

  • Evan Richard Stanley

  • Postcards.

Note: photos on pages with multiple photographs are referred to as follows:

One photo on the page - page number only.
Two photos on the page - page number plus
(a)→(b) or
(a)
↓
(b) - depends on page layout.
Four photos on the page - page number plus
(a)→(b)
(c)→(d)

  1. Page 1 - Kodak photograph envelope.

  2. Page 2, photo (a) - photo by ES Usher - A44 (A45) - A copy of a photo in Album A (AA835/1/1) - "Women cooking, Vailala village ". "Women preparing for a banquet Vailala village - notice dogs & cooking pots" written on verso of the photo in the album. Women stirring food in numerous cooking pots resting on coals. There is also a copy in AA835/1/7, page 44, photo (a).

    Page 2, photo (b) - unsure of source - "Vailala" written on verso. Cleared area on the river bank showing large felled trees and a group of people in the centre of the photograph.

    Page 2, photo (c) - unsure of source - "Headwaters Vailala" written on verso. View of rainforest and distant mountains. Another copy at ES Usher, AA835/1/9, page 44, photo (c).

    Page 2, photo (d) - unsure of source - "Headwaters Vailala" written on verso. View of rainforest and distant mountains. Another copy at ES Usher, AA835/1/9, page 44, photo (d).

  3. Page 3, photo (a) - photo by ES Usher - A46 - A copy of a photo in Album A (AA835/1/1) - "General village cooking scene - Vailala Village" written on verso. Women bending over cooking pots with a line of 11 girls standing to one side.

    Page 3, photo (b) - postcard. "P3 Toaripe - Motu Motu" written on verso. Six men, three with drums; village houses in the background.

    Page 3, photo (c) - postcard. "P2 Bunama Chief Normanby Is" written on verso. Side view of a man wearing feather ornaments and holding what looks like a clay vessel in a net bag.

    Page 3, photo (d) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "The Mission Pet" printed on the photo. "M1" written on verso. A European woman wearing what is possibly a nurses uniform, holding a Papua New Guinea toddler (girl) wearing white clothing.

  4. Page 4, photo (a) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "Chums" printed on the photo. "M2" written on verso. Two young children sitting on a bench looking at a book.

    Page 4, photo (b) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "His morning bath" printed on the photo. "M3" written on verso. Young boy sitting in a large bowl of water.

    Page 4, photo (c) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "Trading Station Gavotu. Florida Solomon Islands" printed on the photo. "M4" written on verso. Tinted photo of a coastal scene with four men near the water's edge and a small building in the background.

    Page 4, photo (d) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "Trading Station, Florida, Solomon Islands" and "E.W. 14" printed on the photo. "M5" written on verso. Same image as Page 4, photo (c) above, but in black and white.

  5. Page 5, photo (a) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "Woman at Santa Cruz" printed on the photo. "M6" written on verso. Woman standing with a child on her back in a sling.

    Page 5, photo (b) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "New church at Fiu, Ma'a" printed on the photo. "M7" written on verso. Group of people standing in front of a building (church); walls and roof made from woven leaf material.

    Page 5, photo (c) - Melanesian Mission Series postcard. "Coast scene, Norfolk Island" printed on the photo. "M8" written on verso. View of small bay between two headlands; pine trees on the headlands.

    Page 5, photo (d) - "L.L. Wrathall of Dr. Wade's Expedition" and "L1" written on verso. Photo of LL Wrathall.

  6. Page 6, photo (a) - "Big blow Upoia", "Oil blow at Orevi near Upoia. Photograph by: E.R. Stanley" and "L2" written on verso. Pool of oil with dense forest in the background.

    Page 6, photo (b) - A51 - A copy of a photo in Album A (AA835/1/1) - "Forest scene on track from Lett's to Maira Camp" and "L3" written on verso. View along track through dense forest; European man in the middle distance.

    Page 6, photo (c) - Photo printed as a postcard. "General view of Upoia showing European quarters to the left; native quarters to the right", "Photograph taken by E.R. Stanley. Page 8 Wade Report on petroleum in Papua" and "L4" written on verso. General view of camp showing several buildings.

    Page 6, photo (d) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Crossing the Morupo", "Photograph taken by E.R. Stanley. Page 22 Wade Report on petroleum in Papua" and "L5" written on verso. Men crossing a river on two felled trees. A copy of this photo is also at AA835/1/9, "Photographs Folder 3", page 44, photo (b).

  7. Page 7, photo (a) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Kawa-Kuku (Swegi[?]) Women's part Koraita" and "L6" written on verso. Large group of women wearing decorative head gear; facing away from camera.

    Page 7, photo (b) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Upoia" and "L7" written on verso. River scene showing two canoes with men on board. A copy of this photo is also at AA835/1/9, "Photographs Folder 3", page 37, photo (d).

    Page 7, photo (c) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Tawi R[?]" and "L8" written on verso. View across gravel banks towards a group of people in the distance, near river; several buildings on the river bank.

    Page 7, photo (d) - A copy of a photo in AA304/1/4, ER Stanley -Photo printed as a postcard. "Vailala" and "L9" written on verso. Small group of women and children with woven baskets. In AA304/1/4 (ER Stanley), the photo is labelled "ER Stanley: Woodlark Is N.G." There are also copies in PJ Money, AA222/3/31 and ES Usher, AA835/1/9, page 46, photo (b).

  8. Page 8, photo (a) - A copy of a photo in AA304/1/5, ER Stanley - Photo printed as a postcard. "Purari near Kerema" and "L10" written on verso. A group of women and children. There are also copies in ES Usher, AA835/1/9, page 29, photo (a) and PJ Money, AA222/3/32.

    Page 8, photo (b) - Photo printed as a postcard. "L11" written on verso. Two copies of this photo are also at AA835/1/9, "Photographs Folder 3", pages 35, photo (d) and 36, photo (a). "A well constructed typical Dubu at Kiri Village" written on verso of the photo on page 35. Photo is of a Dubu.

    Page 8, photo (c) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Behind Maiva" and "L12" written on verso. Scene showing vegetation.

    Page 8, photo (d) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Kiri" and "L13" written on verso. Photograph of three women, one holding a child.

  9. Page 9, photo (a) - No photo, just a note "Rev Colin T White, 26 The Driveway, Holden Hill 8261 0060."

    Page 9, photo (b) - "Misima St Aignan Mine" written on verso. View of mining operation showing sheds and round tanks.

    Page 9, photo (c) - "Buoga - Boga village - Misima; type of home" written on verso. House on short pilings; thatched roof.

    Page 9, photo (d) - "A58" written on verso. There is a copy in AA304/1/16, E.R. Stanley. This photo has "Woodlark Is., D'Entrecasteau Arch.; E.R. Stanley 13.5.1913" inscribed on it, so the photo was taken by ER Stanley. Two women and a girl standing in front of a galvanised iron building. There are also three copies of this photo in AA835/1/9, named "Photographs Folder 3", pages 40, photo (d) and 41, photos (a) and (b) and a copy in PJ Money album, AA222/3/28.

  10. Page 10, photo (a) - "Booka Is widow" written on verso. Woman wearing a grass skirt and with a necklace made from large cowrie shells.

    Page 10, photo (b) - View across water to a village with all the buildings built on stilts. Similar photo at photo (d) on this page.

    Page 10, photo (c) - River scene with village buildings in the distance.

    Page 10, photo (d) - View across water to a village with all the buildings built on stilts. Similar photo at photo (b) on this page.

  11. Page 11, photos (a) and (b) - River scene.

    Page 11, photos (c) and (d) - D4 - copies of a photo in Album D (AA835/1/4) - "General scene U-K-iaravi village Purari Delta" written on verso of the photo in Album D. River with village houses on the far side.

  12. Page 12, photo (a) - D19 - copy of a photo in Album D (AA835/1/4) - "Women at Kaimare Village Purari Delta" written on verso of the photo in Album D. Three women and two children with village in the background.

    Page 12, photo (b) - C72 - copy of a photo in Album C (AA835/1/3) - "Bridge on Upoia-Vaiviri track, Vailala oilfield" written on verso of the photo in Album C. Large group of men lined up on narrow timber footbridge built on timber trestles.

    Page 12, photo (c) - D15 - copy of a photo in Album D (AA835/1/4) - "Sago making - Purari Delta" written on verso of the photo in Album D. Woman processing sago.

    Page 12, photo (d) - "48" written on verso. Two European men sitting on the deck of a boat on a river.

  13. Page 13, photo (a) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Native carving. Supposed to be what becomes of the offspring of a young man if he has [unreadable] with a woman before marriage [unreadable]" and "P1" written on verso. Carving on one of the posts supporting a building.

    Page 13, photo (b) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Malaita boy" inscribed on photo; "Malaita Solomons" and "N1" written on verso. Photo of a young man wearing a necklace made from small shells.

    Page 13, photo (c) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Choiseul native Sol. Is." inscribed on photo; "N2" written on verso. Photo of a young man with white dreadlocks, wearing a woven necklace.

    Page 13, photo (d) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Choiseul native Sol. Is." inscribed on photo; "N3" written on verso. Photo of a young man with white dreadlocks.

  14. Page 14, photo (a) - Photo printed as a postcard. "Pearl divers Sol. Is." inscribed on photo; "N4" written on verso. Four boats at anchor.

  15. Page 15. Envelope for photographic paper. "Seltona self-toning paper" printed on the envelope. "Photos By LL Wrathall South Australia etc" written on the front.
    "Eyre Peninsula - South Australia
    Kangaroo Island - South Australia
    Kingston Southeast - South Australia
    Latrobe oil shale wks - Tasmania
    R. Mersey (Mersly) - N. Tasmania
    Wynard - Tasmania" written on the back of the envelope.

  16. Page 16 (a) - two handwritten sheets with descriptions of the 24 photos taken by Leonard Langdale Wrathall. These are on the following pages, pages 16 - 22.

    Page 16 (b) - Photo H1-001 (LL Wrathall). "Cottage: circumstances unknown - location unknown" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Small cottage with corrugated iron roof and what looks like vertical timber plank walls; stone chimney at one end.

    Page 16 (c) - Photo H1-002 (LL Wrathall). "Weathered out dyke at Sleaford, Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Photo of weathered rock.

    Page 16 (d) - Photo H1-003 (LL Wrathall). "Granite, W Coast, Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Photo of rocky platform jutting into the sea.

  17. Page 17 (a) - Photo H1-004 (LL Wrathall). "Alleged oil seepage. West Point Eyre Peninsula. Travertine on granite" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Man standing on boulders underneath a large rock ledge.

    Page 17 (b) - Photo H1-005 (LL Wrathall). "'Rootlet' structure in O.S. Hill Formation Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Exposed roots within a rocky formation.

    Page 17 (c) - Photo H1-006 (LL Wrathall). "Travertine on gneiss, near Port Lincoln" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Travertine layer resting on a gneiss formation.

    Page 17 (d) - Photo H1-007 (LL Wrathall). "Alleged oil seepage in weathered out dyke - West Point Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Man looking at a seepage at the base of a steep dyke formation.

  18. Page 18 (a) - Photo H1-008 (LL Wrathall). "Unknown geological feature Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Prominent rock formation jutting above surrounding rocky outcrop near the coast.

    Page 18 (b) - Photo H1-009 (LL Wrathall). "Granite reef W. coast Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Man standing on granite formation on the coast.

    Page 18 (c) - Photo H1-010 (LL Wrathall). "West coast Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Steep rocky outcrop on the coast.

    Page 18 (d) - Photo H1-011 (LL Wrathall). "West coast Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Steep rocky outcrops on the coast; one has a pyramidal shape.

  19. Page 19 (a) - Photo H1-012 (this photo is a postcard) (LL Wrathall). "The 'Gultchway' W. coast Eyre Peninsula" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Long, narrow opening with vertical sides between rock formations; open to the sea.

    Page 19 (b) - Photo H1-013 "C (LL Wrathall). Gantheaume KI Precambrian schists and quartzite" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Rock formation at water's edge.

    Page 19 (c) - Photo H1-014 (LL Wrathall). "South of West Bay, Kangaroo Island (Precambrian schists and quartzite)" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Rock formation with the sea all round it.

    Page 19 (d) - Photo H1-015 (LL Wrathall). "Cave C. Du Couedic" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Rock formation with a cave, at water's edge.

  20. Page 20 (a) - Photo H1-016 (LL Wrathall). "Point Reynolds Kangaroo Island. Precambrian under old sand hills" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Stratified formation at the water's edge with sand and rubble above it.

    Page 20 (b) - Photo H1-017 (LL Wrathall). "Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Cape Borda lighthouse and surrounding buildings.

    Page 20 (c) - Photo H1-018 (LL Wrathall). "Kingston bore South Australia" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Bore with derrick.

    Page 20 (d) - Photo H1-019 (LL Wrathall). "Kingston bore" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Bore with derrick; same subject as previous photo, but a wider photo from a different angle.

  21. Page 21 (a) - Photo H1-020 (LL Wrathall). "Latrobe oil shale works (Tasmania)" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Oil shale works at the bottom of a slope with double tram tracks laid on it.

    Page 21 (b) - Photo H1-021 "Tramline, Latrobe oil shale mine (Tasmania)" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Double tramline laid through forest.

    Page 21 (c) - Photo H1-022 (LL Wrathall). "Latrobe oil shale mine (Tasmania)" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). Mine building with tram lines in the background.

    Page 21 (d) - Photo H1-023 (LL Wrathall). "R. Mersey N. Tasmania" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). River visible through trees.

  22. Page 22 (a) - Photo H1-023 (LL Wrathall). "Near Wynard, Tasmania after bushfire" - description from sheets on page 16 (a). View of landscape with burnt trees.

Creator: Ernest Sterne Usher
Control: AA835/1/8
Series:  AA835/1