A "Bedford" series photo scrap album with 40 leaves (the last 13 unused) containing 104 black and white photographs of the Murray Island group of islands and inhabitants. Inscriptions with some photographs and pencil numbering of each photograph. The photographer was probably Neville Lyons, Manager of Murray Island Fisheries (MIF). Undated but photographs most likely taken between 1932 and 1934. Captions were apparently written in the 1960s and include the names of people who appear in the photographs. Some photographs are duplicates of others in the collection; titles in square brackets assigned by processing archivist.
List of photographs (with their pencil numbers):

1. Thursday Island
2. Wharf at Thursday Island. Melbidir at wharf
3. Luggers [small boats] at Thursday Island
4. Luggers at Thursday Island
5. Melbidir at Thursday Island [wharf]
6. Reception to Mr. Agnew and us by the natives on arriving at Mer
7. Dowar Island showing Mountain and Spit, where factory stands [eastern end of Dowar cut out]
8. Dowar Island as seen from Mer [Island]. Fishery at right end
9. Dowar and Wyer [Islands] as seen from Mer
10. Dowar and Wyer Islands
11. Look-out on the luggers [man atop mast of boat]
12. Look-out on the luggers [man atop mast of boat]
13. Beach and Spit. Northern side of Dowar
14. The Spit – Dowar Island. Note the tents!
15. Beach northern side of Dowar. Recently landed luggage. Company’s flatty [dinghy] on beach
16. Beach on northern side of Spit, Dowar island
17. Dowar Mountain meeting the sea on the south side of Dowar
18. Mr O’Connell [standing] on turtle. End of Spit – Dowar
19. Native women from Murray [Island] on northern side of Dowar Island
20. Murray Islanders at play at Las (eastern side of Murray)
21. Eastern end of Dowar Island and the whole of Wyer Island
22. Dowar Island from Murray
23. Dowar and Wyer Islands, as seen from Mer
24. Clearing sight [sic] for factory at Dowar Island and looking towards thicket, which is a
    short distance from the end of the Spit
25. Cleaning and preparing ground for drying trays – Dowar
26. Preparing and clearing of ground for drying trays at Dowar
27. Factory – Dowar Island
28. Skeleton of factory. Native men at work. Mer [Island] in distance
29. Factory – in course of erection
30. Temporary kitchen. Mr Fletcher, Acting Cook. Note skeleton of factory [in background]
31. Ah-Mat (Singalese Cook) and Gordon Bright at temporary kitchen on northern side of Dowar
32. York Island. Mr Murray (Darnley Island) on left; Mr Woods (York Island) on right; Professor Goddard centre
33. Dowar (right) and Wyer (left). Seen from the top of mountain on Mer
34. Mer Island [sloping hillside with buildings visible in distance]
35. Netting fish
36. Netting fish near Wyer
37. Netting fish near Wyer
38. Netting fish near Wyer
39. Carrying fish in baskets from boat on northern beach of Dowar. Mer Island in distance
40. Carrying fish in baskets from boat on northern beach of Dowar. Mer Island in distance
41. Fish in baskets. Baskets average 100 lbs
42. Fish Traps – north-eastern end of Mer
43. First tray of dried fish. Tray carries 1 cwt
44. Fish drying (Dowar) showing thicket protecting drying site from factory, [photo taken] from north-western
45. Fish drying on trays. The ground has been levelled. The trays are on the western side of the factory. The lugger [boat] is on the Mer side of Dowar, i.e. the north side
46. Drying trays with fish – Dowar Island. Each tray carries 1 cwt
47. Drying trays
48. Drying trays
49. At the end of Spit – Dowar Island
50. Mer Island in distance
51. The lugger Nera off northern side of Dowar opposite camp
52. Southern end of Mer as seen from west
53. Southern end of Mer as seen from west
54. Mer Island
55. Darnley Island. Showing Medigee Bay on left; Mission Bay on right; building on hill is residence of native missionary
56. Murray Island
57. Murray Island seen from the western side. Native gardens on left, volcanic crater on right
58. Mer Island seen from the west. Volcanic crater on right of picture
59. Front view of Mr. Agnew’s house
60. Back of Mr. Agnew’s house, Mer Island. The large tree beneath the buildings is the rendez-vous for public meetings
61. The village of Mer seen from height on Mountain
62. Church in centre; Mr Agnew’s house to left, Murray Island
63. [Fleet of sailing boats on water]
64. [Large steam ship in near land. People standing on sea wall]
65. [The lugger Candia]
66. [Men standing around piles of rubble and sand, possibly for building]
67. [Bucket of sardines from above]
68. [Man in diving gear floating on top of the water]
69. [Shells mounted for display]
70. [Shells carved and mounted for display]
71. [View of sun setting through trees]
72. [Mer Island]
73. [Islander men and women working outdoors]
74. [Murray Island employees (except European boy sitting in front)]
75. [Murray Island employees, including five Europeans and child standing at back]
76. [Island men working on building site]
77. [Large group of Islander women and children]
78. [Group of Islanders. Buildings directly behind]
79. [Islander man spear fishing from a wooden structure in the sea]
80. [Partially constructed building]
81. [Partially constructed building]
82. [Group of Islanders holding a baby dugong]
83. [Island man dressed in white apron and cap standing in front of hut carrying bowl]
84. [Island children sitting on and standing around four dead dugong lying on the beach]
85. [Large gathering in clearing near buildings]
86. [Large gathering in clearing near buildings]
87. [Large gathering in clearing under trees]
88. [Wooden scaffolding or fencing standing in front of furniture under trees]
89. [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
90. [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
91. [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
92. [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
93. [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
94. [Long white building with corrugated iron roof behind palm trees]
95. [European man holding large fish aboard boat]
96. [Traditionally constructed shelter over long benches]
97. [Drying trays filled with sardines]
98. [Drying trays filled with sardines]
99. [Submersible or other object sinking beneath the sea]
100. [Object almost fully submerged in the sea]
101. [European man standing in front of traditional hut]
102. [Photograph of jetty surrounded by small boats and a large steam ship in middle distance]
103. [Two Islander men carrying a large fish skewered on a stick]
104. [Object almost fully submerged in the sea]