Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "And while, as the Language of a rude and uncivilized people, it has, as might be expected, many deficiencies, when compared with the highly cultivated and polished languages of Europe, it has, at the same time, in some respects, a force, a simplicity, and precision, as in the instance of the personal pronouns, that may perhaps be superior to them all."--p. i.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "And while, as the Language of a rude and uncivilized people, it has, as might be expected, many deficiencies, when compared with the highly cultivated and polished languages…

Description: "And while, as the Language of a rude and uncivilized people, it has, as might be expected, many deficiencies, when compared with the highly cultivated and polished languages of Europe, it has, at the same time, in some respects, a force, a simplicity, and precision, as in the instance of the personal pronouns, that may perhaps be superior to them all."--p. 1I

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "And while, as the Language of a rude and uncivilized people, it has, as might be expected, many deficiencies, when compared with the highly cultivated and polished languages…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Gunboat Zelee alongside an embankment in Tahiti. Two figures in white watch from the shore on the left, one in the foreground lighting a cigar, one in midground wears a helmet and stands by a brightly lit lampost. Bottom half of image is water, midground features the gunboat which has two smaller manned boats alongside it. Background in top half of photo is mostly sky.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Gunboat Zelee alongside an embankment in Tahiti. Two figures in white watch from the shore on the left, one in the foreground lighting a cigar, one in midground wears a helmet…

Description: e taata, a man - te taata, the man

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: e taata, a man - te taata, the man

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Group photo in front of roman catholic church (main feature, in background). Photographer is standing on a road ending in a T- intersection in front of the church. Middleground has trees framing the tall white picket entrance gate to the church grounds, which stands open. In front of the opening, a group of twelve Tahitian boys wearing their Sunday best (one holding a bicycle) stand with a man identified as Charles Edwin Major (member of the House of Representatives) on right. In foreground, another Tahitian boy stands side-on, on the left edge of the road, looking at the camera. The time on the church clock tower reads 10:59am.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Group photo in front of roman catholic church (main feature, in background). Photographer is standing on a road ending in a T- intersection in front of the church.…

Description: View of the bay in Papeete, Tahiti. Bare grassy hillside in foreground, palm tree forest followed by suburbs in the midground, bordered by the port. Background the view of the ocean spans into the distance. At least nine ships are spaced around the harbour.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: View of the bay in Papeete, Tahiti. Bare grassy hillside in foreground, palm tree forest followed by suburbs in the midground, bordered by the port. Background the view of the…

Description: Quarantine station seen across water, featured in the midground: a small cluster of buildings, some amongst vegetation connected to a long pier, four isolated on stilts in the water with a small jetty to the right. In distant background, Mo'orea island terrain is barely visible through the haze.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Quarantine station seen across water, featured in the midground: a small cluster of buildings, some amongst vegetation connected to a long pier, four isolated on stilts in the…

Description: View looking down Avenue Bruat, mature trees lining both sides of the road. At the far end, a pair of dogs rest on the ground, both have their heads raised. On the right side of the road in the midground is a small shelter with an arched entrance facing the road, a gabled roof and a small diamond-shaped hole in the wall. Behind the right-hand tree line is a row of buildings.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: View looking down Avenue Bruat, mature trees lining both sides of the road. At the far end, a pair of dogs rest on the ground, both have their heads raised. On the right side…

Description: Group portrait of the members of the parliamentary party in front of Government House in Tahiti, after being received by Governor Petit [man with hands on hips]. One man sits on the steps, and a canvas roof with scalloped edging overhangs the steps. The surrounding gardens are in shot, as well as the panelling on the second story veranda.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Group portrait of the members of the parliamentary party in front of Government House in Tahiti, after being received by Governor Petit [man with hands on hips]. One man sits…

Description: Image featuring the lighthouse at Point Venus in Tahiti. The tower is square with five segments forming the trunk, and the light structure on top. Palm tree in the foreground to the left, with more palms in the background behind the lighthouse to the right.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Image featuring the lighthouse at Point Venus in Tahiti. The tower is square with five segments forming the trunk, and the light structure on top. Palm tree in the foreground…

Description: Parliamentary party members gathered around the Captain Cook Memorial at Point Venus, Tahiti. Two stand up higher at the back, ten stand in the middle row, seven crouch in the front row. The memorial is a pillar with a sphere on top, centred on a plinth with a white cast iron fence surround mounted on top.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Parliamentary party members gathered around the Captain Cook Memorial at Point Venus, Tahiti. Two stand up higher at the back, ten stand in the middle row, seven crouch in the…

Description: Tahiti. Four figures stand in front of a stand of trees [pandanus tree/screw pines on the right]

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Tahiti. Four figures stand in front of a stand of trees [pandanus tree/screw pines on the right]

Description: Tahiti. Papeete. Arrival of S.S. Mapourika. 5 May 1903. A large group of locals are standing on the wharf looking up at the ship. A crew member in the centre is preparing the gangplank for passengers to disembark.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Tahiti. Papeete. Arrival of S.S. Mapourika. 5 May 1903. A large group of locals are standing on the wharf looking up at the ship. A crew member in the centre is preparing the…

Description: Leaving Tahiti. 6 May 1903. The wharf is fully-lined with people. To the right of the wharf, a woman in a black dress stands in front of a plank and beside two children on a bicycle. In the background, a church steeple emerges from the forest, with a single-masted flagpole to the right, on the open hillside.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Leaving Tahiti. 6 May 1903. The wharf is fully-lined with people. To the right of the wharf, a woman in a black dress stands in front of a plank and beside two children on a…