Photograph albums containing views of the Anglican New Guinea Mission in Papua • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

Village scene

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/150

'A village scene, a woman making t cloth' [from back of photograph].

[On back of photo] 'Our Kikiri babes the one standing is the mother with the once starved babe, but she's anything but starved now, she came late for the photo. Lancelot holding the tins. The second from the right is Kakaia our first and a pet. The one on the right is only about a week old he had bad eyes so came for treatment'.

Woman with two children

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/152

A young Papuan woman with two small children, standing on a path.

Domestic staff during conference

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/153

A group of young Papan men, with three European women; identified on the back of the photo as 'Domestic staff during conference'.

Dancers at Sargara

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/154

A group of young Papuan men, wearing ceremonial costume; identified as 'dancers at Sargara'.

Group of children

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/155

A group of young Papuans, both boys and girls, ranging in age from about 5 to 15 years of age.

Walking on a mountain pass

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/156

A line of porters carrying goods along a mountain ridge, with even higher mountains in the distance. On the back: 'Another mountain one showing carriers again. JB's'.

Two young Papuans

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/157

Two young Pauan men identified as 'Hospital orderlies - Aguru a school boy & Kaera' [from back of photo].

Lilla Lashmar with local children

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/158

Lilla pictured with a group of Papuan children. [On back] 'Some of the little sprats with a few big ones on the background'.

Group seated on the ground

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/159

A group of people seated on cleared ground [on back] 'waiting for the billy to boil & the potatoes to cook. The artist (Doris Turner) is busy with her pencil'.

Lilla Lashmar with local women

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/160

Lilla Lashmar, pictured with three local women near a village. [On back:] 'Wedau girls & Pixie's pups'.

Two women feeding their babies

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/161

Two women seated on a verandah bottle feeding their babies, with a toddler behind them. Three cats are feeding from a bowl behind them. [On back:] 'Two Kikiri babes & the big brother of one & the cats (feeding time)'.

Two men in front of a thatched buidling

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/162

Two men photographed in front of a thatched building; [on back] 'Albert [left] Mark [right] two Melanesians / Mr Thompsons taking'.

'Clement, Miss Forman & Gregory'

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/163

Two Papuan men standing on either side of Miss Forman; both are wearing cassocks.

A large group of Papuans

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/164

A large group of Papuans pictured in front of a number of thatched houses and identified [on back] as 'Auba [right] Utuda(?) [left] My two helpers & some of the sprats & Mr Warren's cottage in the background'.

Reverend Jennings and teachers in training

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/165

A group of Papuans with a European man, identified [on back] as 'Rev. A.P. Jennings & teachers in training, the small girls are the daughters of two of them'.

Rev. H'T's house staff

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/166

Five young Papuans waslking along a path. {on back} 'An arch next to Rev. H.T's house & his house boys & Buro the young teacher'.

Nearly completed cottage

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/167

[On back] 'Our cottage nearly completed with four of the mission lads in front'.

Jeff and two school babies

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/168

[On back] 'Jeff & two school babies, the little girl he calls his girl friend, she's quite a pet but was feeling rather sick so we could not get a smile'.

Girls cutting grass at Damburadavi

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/169

A group of girls with large blades. [On back] 'Girls cutting grass at Damburadavi. my flock. Mr Thompson's taking'.

Group of Papuan clergy

1929-1936, Photograph, B 56981/170

ALBUM: Photograph albums which belonged to the South Australian missionary, Lilla Lashmar, showing part of the life of the Anglican New Guinea Mission in Papua, 1929-1936. Album B 56981/1 (1929-1933), Album B 56981/2 (1933-1936). Photographs in Album 1 include mission buildings at Dogura and people attending mission conferences, indigenous people, including children, and Papua scenery. Lilla Lashmar and other mission staff were executed by the Japanese on Buna Beach in 1942.