Islanders Collection (page 2)

Virgin Islanders
A jolly-looking middle aged couple of West Indian Virgin Islanders at the market on Tortola, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Date: late 1960s

Inter-village cricket match in Fiji
A scene from an inter-village cricket (or Kirikiti, as it was pronounced locally) match on the island of Fiji, as described in Lieut.-Colonel T.R.St-Johnstons book, South Sea Reminiscences

Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London
General view of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, looking down the River Thames from Big Ben. From the right can be seen County Hall, the Dome of Discovery

Hawaii - Hawaiians and their Grass Hut
Hawaii - Hawaiians in their lovely grass hut with grass veranda!! Date: circa 1910

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Wedding Party & Mussel Gatherers
Mussel pickers (with large pots on their back) at Skuo, Faroe Islands, Denmark and a large wedding party (top) also on the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Catching puffins with a long handled net. They are caught whilst flying in this strange contraption

Lady from Lerwick using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Lady from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, using a Singer Sewing Machine

Cook Islands - Rarotonga Island - Pacific Ocean. The US Steamship Company of New Zealand Wharf with railway tracks leading out onto the jetty for easy unloading and moving of cargoes

Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Village viewed from the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans

Speech of thanks to British Fleet from people of Ierossos
A fantastic piece of history - a speech from the grateful people of the Greek Island of Ierossos, thanking the British Fleet and the English Government for assistance

People of the Andaman Islands - a fishing party

Fijian Feast (Giant Turtles)
Giant Turtles captured for eating in a grand feast on Fiji. The turtles have been rolled onto their backs (possibly so they don t escape...)

The Islanders, a huge relief sculpture by Siegfried Charoux, representing the struggle and resilience of the British people, especially during World War Two

Pacific Currency
Money-cowries of Pacific Islanders

Social / Reunion / Bourbon
Islanders of Reunion or Bourbon Island

Racial / Andamans 1890S
Andaman islanders building boats on the shore

Easter Island Canoe
Canoe of the Easter Islanders

Andaman Is. Pirogues
The construction of pirogues, used by the Andaman islanders for fishing, is the time- honoured dug-out method, providing a strong (if heavy) and watertight hull

Papua New Guinea 1895
Papua New Guinea: village scene in the north-east of the island

Dumont Durville at Tonga
French admiral Dumont d Urville sails to Polynesia in the Astrolabe in search of remains of La Perouse : he visits Tonga and is received by the islands rulers

Andaman Islanders &bones
Natives of the Andaman Islands dry the bones of their parents over a fire inside a hut

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