- UQFL49-Series B-Item 1
- Item
- 1932?-1934?
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). 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):
- Thursday Island
- Wharf at Thursday Island. Melbidir at wharf
- Luggers [small boats] at Thursday Island
- Luggers at Thursday Island
- Melbidir at Thursday Island [wharf]
- Reception to Mr. Agnew and us by the natives on arriving at Mer
- Dowar Island showing Mountain and Spit, where factory stands [eastern end of Dowar cut out]
- Dowar Island as seen from Mer [Island]. Fishery at right end
- Dowar and Wyer [Islands] as seen from Mer
- Dowar and Wyer Islands
- Look-out on the luggers [man atop mast of boat]
- Look-out on the luggers [man atop mast of boat]
- Beach and Spit. Northern side of Dowar
- The Spit – Dowar Island. Note the tents!
- Beach northern side of Dowar. Recently landed luggage. Company’s flatty [dinghy] on beach
- Beach on northern side of Spit, Dowar island
- Dowar Mountain meeting the sea on the south side of Dowar
- Mr O’Connell [standing] on turtle. End of Spit – Dowar
- Native women from Murray [Island] on northern side of Dowar Island
- Murray Islanders at play at Las (eastern side of Murray)
- Eastern end of Dowar Island and the whole of Wyer Island
- Dowar Island from Murray
- Dowar and Wyer Islands, as seen from Mer
- Clearing sight [sic] for factory at Dowar Island and looking towards thicket, which is a
short distance from the end of the Spit - Cleaning and preparing ground for drying trays – Dowar
- Preparing and clearing of ground for drying trays at Dowar
- Factory – Dowar Island
- Skeleton of factory. Native men at work. Mer [Island] in distance
- Factory – in course of erection
- Temporary kitchen. Mr Fletcher, Acting Cook. Note skeleton of factory [in background]
- Ah-Mat (Singalese Cook) and Gordon Bright at temporary kitchen on northern side of Dowar
- York Island. Mr Murray (Darnley Island) on left; Mr Woods (York Island) on right; Professor Goddard centre
- Dowar (right) and Wyer (left). Seen from the top of mountain on Mer
- Mer Island [sloping hillside with buildings visible in distance]
- Netting fish
- Netting fish near Wyer
- Netting fish near Wyer
- Netting fish near Wyer
- Carrying fish in baskets from boat on northern beach of Dowar. Mer Island in distance
- Carrying fish in baskets from boat on northern beach of Dowar. Mer Island in distance
- Fish in baskets. Baskets average 100 lbs
- Fish Traps – north-eastern end of Mer
- First tray of dried fish. Tray carries 1 cwt
- Fish drying (Dowar) showing thicket protecting drying site from factory, [photo taken] from north-western
- 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
- Drying trays with fish – Dowar Island. Each tray carries 1 cwt
- Drying trays
- Drying trays
- At the end of Spit – Dowar Island
- Mer Island in distance
- The lugger Nera off northern side of Dowar opposite camp
- Southern end of Mer as seen from west
- Southern end of Mer as seen from west
- Mer Island
- Darnley Island. Showing Medigee Bay on left; Mission Bay on right; building on hill is residence of native missionary
- Murray Island
- Murray Island seen from the western side. Native gardens on left, volcanic crater on right
- Mer Island seen from the west. Volcanic crater on right of picture
- Front view of Mr. Agnew’s house
- Back of Mr. Agnew’s house, Mer Island. The large tree beneath the buildings is the rendez-vous for public meetings
- The village of Mer seen from height on Mountain
- Church in centre; Mr Agnew’s house to left, Murray Island
- [Fleet of sailing boats on water]
- [Large steam ship in near land. People standing on sea wall]
- [The lugger Candia]
- [Men standing around piles of rubble and sand, possibly for building]
- [Bucket of sardines from above]
- [Man in diving gear floating on top of the water]
- [Shells mounted for display]
- [Shells carved and mounted for display]
- [View of sun setting through trees]
- [Mer Island]
- [Islander men and women working outdoors]
- [Murray Island employees (except European boy sitting in front)]
- [Murray Island employees, including five Europeans and child standing at back]
- [Island men working on building site]
- [Large group of Islander women and children]
- [Group of Islanders. Buildings directly behind]
- [Islander man spear fishing from a wooden structure in the sea]
- [Partially constructed building]
- [Partially constructed building]
- [Group of Islanders holding a baby dugong]
- [Island man dressed in white apron and cap standing in front of hut carrying bowl]
- [Island children sitting on and standing around four dead dugong lying on the beach]
- [Large gathering in clearing near buildings]
- [Large gathering in clearing near buildings]
- [Large gathering in clearing under trees]
- [Wooden scaffolding or fencing standing in front of furniture under trees]
- [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
- [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
- [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
- [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
- [Photograph of Islands from an elevation]
- [Long white building with corrugated iron roof behind palm trees]
- [European man holding large fish aboard boat]
- [Traditionally constructed shelter over long benches]
- [Drying trays filled with sardines]
- [Drying trays filled with sardines]
- [Submersible or other object sinking beneath the sea]
- [Object almost fully submerged in the sea]
- [European man standing in front of traditional hut]
- [Photograph of jetty surrounded by small boats and a large steam ship in middle distance]
- [Two Islander men carrying a large fish skewered on a stick]
- [Object almost fully submerged in the sea]