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Title
Date(s)
- 1915-1974 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
7 albums, 1 parcel
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Scope and content
Photographic prints, postcards and some photographic negatives relating to the history of European-Australians involved with the plantation economy of Australian New Guinea. The series include images of Anne McCosker's family and their expatriate associates, local people participating in ceremonial performances, engaged in plantation labour or posing in portrait or group shots, and views of various locations in New Britain, New Ireland and other northern islands of New Guinea where the McCosker family was based. The majority of the photographs were taken in the 1920s, 1930s and the postwar 1940s, and many are captioned. Some were published in Anne McCosker's book, Masked Eden.
There are approximately 1243 b&w photographs, 53 b&w photo postcards and 12 negatives in this series.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The photographs were originally housed in envelopes. Although the items have been rehoused into albums, the series retains the original order, with the photographs arranged by envelope order across seven albums. As each envelope is inscribed with hand-written notes referring to its contents, they have been kept and filed in the albums in front of the corresponding group of photographs.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired.
Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Black and white photographic prints and negatives, and photographic postcards.
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Publication note
Anne McCosker, Masked Eden : a History of the Australians in New Guinea (1998).
Notes area
Note
Albums 1-7.
Parcel 1.
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, JR, 29-Mar-2021