Views of South Australia and abroad: album Agius, Horatio, 1840-1910, photographer

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Agius, Horatio, 1840-1910, photographer
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Historic buildings -- South Australia; Botanic gardens -- South Australia -- Adelaide; Waterfalls -- South Australia -- Waterfall Gully
Summary
Album of views partly of South Australia, with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in Adelaide and at the Botanic Gardens, Waterfall Gully, Morialta, and Strathalbyn. Several photographs may be of Aboriginal men and women of the Point McLeay area. The album includes nineteenth century views of Melbourne, Launceston & Hobart, Brisbane and Maryborough in Queensland and other places abroad including Ceylon, Malta, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. Some of these are by the noted photographers, Horatio Agius (Malta), Poul C. Poulsen (Queensland) and Allan Hughan (New Caledonia). The following photographs have not been digitised and can be seen by requesting the Album: 54. 'Porta Reale, Malta'; Photographs of New Caledonia by the photographer Allan Hughan, including 55. 'Noumea', view of the town, harbour and shipping in the nineteenth century; 56. 'River Foa a Pierra, Noumea'; 57.'Bananiers et Femme Noumea', banana tree with woman sleeping beneath, Noumea; 58. 'River de La Foa (a Daunis) Noumea'; 59. 'Travailleurs indigeni Noumea', workers with weapons and implements, nineteenth century, Noumea. Photograph 378 by Allan Hughan. 60. 'Pilou Pilou New Caledonia', group of warriors in a tribal ceremony; 61.'Cascade a Ciu (Canale) Noumea'; 62. 'Sortie de la Messe, Vao Mission, Ile Des Pins', photograph 976 by Allan Hughan; 63. 'Piroguiers du Chef Samuel, Noumea', canoeists for Chief Samuel, launching a long boat. Another long canoe is on the shore and a very large hut with grass thatched roof is in the background; 64. 'Cas du Chief Philip, Noumea', cone shaped tribal house with grass thatch roof; 65. 'Docil Henghine, Noumea', inhabitant of Hienghene, New Caledonia; 66-75. Views in and around Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka); 76-84. Views of Tasmania; 85-87. Brisbane and the Brisbane River, several by photographer G.R.; 88. Brisbane River with view to 'Botanic Gardens and Houses of Parliament, Brisbane'. Photograph by P.C. Poulsen; 89. River port, possibly Brisbane; 90-91. Churches, possibly in Brisbane; 92-94. Views of Maryborough including Boys Grammar School and Richmond Street, possibly by P. C. Poulsen. 95. Street view of main business district in Maryborough, nineteenth century. Some additional loose photographs of King Country, New Zealand, by the photographers Burton Bros, Dunedin, were found in the back of this album. These have been described separately at B 72119. THE ATTACHED IMAGE/S SHOW ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE DIED, WHICH MAY CAUSE SADNESS AND DISTRESS. CARE AND DISCRETION SHOULD BE USED WHEN VIEWING THE IMAGE/S. IF YOU BELIEVE THIS IMAGE SHOULD BE RESTRICTED FROM GENERAL VIEWING FOR CULTURAL REASONS PLEASE CONTACT THE LIBRARY{7f2019}S ENQUIRY SERVICE 08 8207 7250 OR infor@slsa.sa.gov.au. 'Strada Reale, Malta
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