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Teenaged boys in the Tongan Home Guard

Aitutaki

Williams, John, 1796-1839 :[Te Po a chief of Raratonga. Printed in oil colours by George Baxter... London; ca 1837. From a painting by J. Williams Jun. Published by John Snow, 26 Paternoster Row, London]

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1801 (after) :Pl. 1. Oceanie. 1 et 3. Costume des habitans de Tonga. 2 et 4. Id. de la Nouvelle Zelande. Demoraine delt; Taillant sculpt. Paris, Imp de Logay, rue de la Bucherie, 1 [1856]

Apia waterfront, Upolu, Samoa, showing beach, palm trees and buildings

Apia waterfront, Upolu, Samoa, showing beach, palm trees and buildings

Apia waterfront, Upolu, Samoa, the ship Tofua in the background

Unidentified boy on road carrying food near Apia, Upolu, Samoa

Creator unknown :Photograph of unidentified Tongan man

Vitoria and Mativa Faasoo playing Samoan style cricket, or kirikiti, at Wakefield Park, Island Bay, Wellington - Photograph taken by Ray Pigney

An aerial view of the Tongan coastal capital Nuku'alofa with the Lagoons of Fanga'uta and Fanga Kakau beyond, Tonga

Souvenir sellers bartering with a car driver, Apia, Western Samoa