Explore items from Polynesia

Headstone of Joana Coe, mother of "Queen Emma" [Emma Coe], mat mat [cemetery] at Ralum (Kokopo), [Papua New Guinea, 1969?]

APIA, SAMOA. C.1859. PHOTOGRAPH OF A PAINTING DEPICTING THE BRIG HMS ELK DEPARTING APIA. THE ARTIST APPEARS TO BE A. H. MOSSCHAMP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BEIAUN AND TABUNAWATI, OPENING BATSMEN FROM THE GILBERT ISLAND CRICKET TEAM, MOVING TO THE WICKETS. THE MEN ARE TAKING PART IN A MATCH ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. THE CAPTAINS OF CRICKET TEAMS FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA AND GILBERT ISLAND TOSSING TO SEE WHICH SIDE WILL BAT. HMAS DIAMANTINA IS ON ITS WAY ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAM FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA AND THE TEAM FROM GILBERT ISLAND. HMAS DIAMANTINA IS VISITING THE ISLAND EN ROUTE TO ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. LEADING SEAMAN (A) G. CROWE, OF HMAS DIAMANTINA CRICKET TEAM PUTTING ON THE PADS BEFORE GOING OUT TO BAT. HE IS WATCHED BY AN ADMIRING ..

Japan. c. 1942. Portrait of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet. Admiral Yamamoto was a dominant personality in the Japanese navy and was the author of the plan to attack ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. Painted on the fuselage ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd of men stand on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..