| Description |
Over 63 photographs in 18 plastic sheets with pockets : black & white and sepia ; 8.5 x 13.5 each + 2 booklets, 1 sheet |
| Series |
Journal of the Australian War Memorial ; No. 12 (April 1988) |
| Summary |
Summary: This is a unique private collection documenting the social life of Australian soldiers in New Guinea during World War I and their sympathetic engagement with local indigenous communities. Social activities photographed include the "Queen of Diamonds" play, with both indigenous and European performers, and a "Fancy Dress cricket match". The ethnographic images include many portraits of local people and dancing, fishing and market scenes. As well as pictures from the Rabaul area there are photos taken at Morobe and Marcom River. Named people in the images include a Private Bill O'Brien, Warrant Officer Collins and Sgts MacDemott, Joe Butterworth and Fox. -- from Bookseller's brief |
| Notes |
Title is taken from Bookseller's brief |
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With: Journal of the Australian War Memorial No. 12 (April 1988) |
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With: Chapter 3, from: Anzac to Amiens : a shorter history of the Australian fighting services in the First World War / by C.E.W. Bean |
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With: an article by Alan Jackson: September 11, 1914: the day the Great War began for Australia |
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Majority of the photos have an original typed caption on the back of the photo |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea.
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| SUBJECT |
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84226064 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
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New Guinea (Territory) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034916 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow), 1879-1968.
Anzac to Amiens
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