The Samoan massacre, December 28th, 1929

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Description
"The Western Samoa Mandatory Administration in the early morning of December 28th 1929 ... killed fifteen natives and wounded some 50 others ... from rifles and a machine gun of expanding or dum-dum bullets"--Foreword.
Place
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Other Id
DU817 OWE (Library of Congress Call Number)
72134 (Cat ID)
141104 (DBTextworks system ID)
69018 (Presto content ID)
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Object Type
pamphlet
Name/Title
The Samoan massacre, December 28th, 1929
Primary Maker
C. Owen
Contributor/Publisher
Printed at Newmans printery
Place
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date
1930
Physical Description
8 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
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Subject Category
Owen, C. W.--Correspondence
Slipper, Thomas B.--Correspondence
Massacres--Samoa
Samoa--History--Sources
Samoa
Content
A Samoan national protest voiced at Vaimoso on March the 5th, 1930 / by High Chief Tuimalealiifano.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Tuimalealiifano; Samoa - Politics and government; Samoa - History - 20th century]
Cover title.
Associated Notes
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-OweSamo-front.html

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Collection Type
Pamphlet Collection
Last Update
19 Dec 2023

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