Guide to the Personal photograph album of W.A. Newman, Nauru

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PIC/21011/1-102

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: July 2022

Collection Summary

Title
Personal photograph album of W.A. Newman, Nauru
Date Range
1927-1933
Collection Number
PIC/21011/1-102
Extent
102 items (102 photographs : black and white ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Pictures)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Personal photograph album of W.A. Newman, documenting his and his family's time on Nauru between 1927 and 1933. The album begins with the Newman family's journey from Melbourne via Sydney to Nauru on board the steamer Nauru Chief, and then documents various aspects of life on Nauru at the time including housing, school facilities, Nauruan Scouts, local domestic staff and island landscapes.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8632360).

Conditions Governing Use

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8632360).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of item], Personal photograph album of W.A. Newman, Nauru, 1927-1933 / National Library of Australia, PIC/21011/[item number]'.

Item Descriptions

W.A Newman with his sister-in-law, son and another passenger on board for the journey to Nauru, 1, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/1) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription on album page: "Leaving Melbourne"

W.A Newman with his sister-in-law, son and another passenger on board for the journey to Nauru, 2, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/2) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 1, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/3) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 2, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/4) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

W.A Newman and sister-in-law on board for the voyage from Melbourne to Nauru, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/5) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

W.A. Newman's sister-in-law and daughter on board for the voyage from Melbourne to Nauru, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/6) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 3, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/7) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 4, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/8) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 5, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/9) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Friends and family attending the departure of the Newman family from Melbourne to Nauru, 6, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/10) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Passengers on board ship during the voyage to Nauru, 1, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/11) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Passengers on board ship during the voyage to Nauru, 2, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/12) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

The bosun, Nauru Chief, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/13) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Inscription below image: "The Bo's un "Nauru Chief'"

Deck quoits on board the Nauru Chief during the voyage to Nauru, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/14) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Deck quoits"

The lounge area onboard the Nauru Chief, 1, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/15) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "The Lounge"

W.A. Newman and sister-in-law standing next to a car, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/16) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 11 x 8 cm

Nauruan man standing outside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/17) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Inscription below image: "Denabeijia"

The lounge area onboard the Nauru Chief, 1, 1927 (Item PIC/21011/18) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Nauruan woman with five children, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/19) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Our neighbours"

W.A. Newman's sister-in-law standing with a Nauruan child, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/20) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

W.A. Newman standing outside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/21) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

W.A. Newman's sister-in-law standing with outside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/22) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6.5 x 11 cm

Interior view of the entrance of the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/23) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6.5 x 11 cm

Inscription below image: "Entrance"

Woman standing next to a plant outside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/24) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Two Nauruan women standing together outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/25) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Inscription below image: "Wash girls"

A prisoner weeding the garden, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/26) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "A prisoner weeding the garden"

W.A Newman standing outside a thatched building, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/27) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Nauruan boy climbing a coconut palm tree, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/28) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 11 x 6.5 cm

Inscription below image: "Sam getting coconuts"

Nauruan boy standing outside a thatched shelter, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/29) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Inscription below image: "Ekarawe (Sam)"

Nauruan woman with three children, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/30) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

School building, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/31) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

School building, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/32) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Nauruan teachers from the local school, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/33) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Schools and Teachers"

Nauruan teachers from the local school, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/34) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Schools and Teachers"

Children from the European school, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/35) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "European school"

Nauruan Boy Scouts lined up for an inspection in front of W.A Newman and two other men, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/36) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Inscription below image: "Scout Troup"

W.A. Newman standing outside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/37) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

W.A. Newman's son standing in a garden, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/38) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item,

The cantilever loading jetty, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/39) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Inscription below image: "The cantilever loading jetty"

Portrait of W.A. Newman, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/40) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Portrait of W.A. Newman's sister-in-law, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/41) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Nauruan school students drawing, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/42) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Pastel drawing"

Nauruan man riding a bicycle on a driveway, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/43) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Road in front of our house"

Three Naruan women and a Nauruan man, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/44) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Domestic staff"

Chinese prisoners, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/45) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Chinese prisoners"

Chinese prisoners, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/46) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Chinese prisoners"

Chinese prisoners, Nauru, 3, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/47) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Chinese prisoners"

Chinese labourers coming ashore, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/48) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription on album page: "Chinese labourers coming ashore"

Chinese labourers coming ashore, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/49) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription on album page: "Chinese labourers coming ashore"

Naruan child standing outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/50) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Chinese labourers coming ashore, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/51) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Exterior view of the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/52) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14

Inscription below image: "Home"

Scout camp, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/53) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 14

Inscription on album page: "Scout camp"

Scout camp, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/54) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8

Inscription on album page: "Scout camp"

Scout camp, Nauru, 3, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/55) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 14

Inscription on album page: "Scout camp"

Scout camp, Nauru, 4, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/56) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8

Inscription on album page: "Scout camp"

Scout camp, Nauru, 5, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/57) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 14

Inscription on album page: "Scout camp"

Car parked at the side of a dirt road, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/58) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Interior view of the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/59) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6.5 x 10.5

Inscription below image: "Home"

W.A. Newman sititing outside on a stone wall, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/60) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5.5 cm

Leper teachers, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/61) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5.5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Leper teachers"

W.A. Newman and family inside the Administrator's residence, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/62) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6.5 x 10.5

Inscription below image: "Home"

W.A. Newman's family and others at a child's birthday party, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/63) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Inscription below image: "Birthday party"

Group of Naruan Scouts in front of a flagpole, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/64) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 6 cm

Coast view, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/65) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Group of children standing outside a school buinding with teachers, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/66) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Dirt road between palm trees, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/67) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Natural pool surrounded by palms, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/68) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 13 cm

Two Nauruan children standing next to a car, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/69) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8 x 5 cm

Scout group, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/70) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

Palms near the water, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/71) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

Coast view with palm tree, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/72) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 13 x 8 cm

Beach view, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/73) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

Frigate bird at the beach, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/74) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

Inscription below image: "Frigate birds"

Coast view with palms, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/75) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

Water view, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/76) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 5 x 8 cm

W.A. Newman's sister-in-law sitting on rocks near the beach, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/77) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6 x 8.5 cm

W.A. Newman and his sister-in-law, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/78) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 7 x 11.5 cm

Teachers and staff standing outside the school building, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/79) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Teachers and staff sitting outside the school building, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/80) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription below image: "Education Department"

Director and head teachers seated outside the school building, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/81) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription below image: "Director and Head Teachers"

Domaneab or meeting house, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/82) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription below image: Domaneab (Meeting house)

Thatched shelter, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/83) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Naruan boy climbing up a palm near water, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/84) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Two Nauruan boys in the water, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/85) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Three Naruan children on a beach, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/86) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

W.H Newman standing outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/87) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Chinese man sitting on a bench, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/88) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Inscription below image: "No 1 Chinese boy"

Young Nauruan boy standing outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/89) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Nauruan man carrying a tray, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/90) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Inscription below image: "Porte"

Nauruan girl holding a baby, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/91) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Two Nauruan women, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/92) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6 x 8.5 cm

Four Nauruan children, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/93) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6 x 8.5 cm

Inscription below image: "School children"

Coast view through rocks, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/94) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Nauruan man standing outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/95) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Inscription below image: "Porte"

Two Nauruan children standing near the beach, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/96) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Nauruan man standing next to a path, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/97) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 8.5 x 6 cm

Woman and two men standing outside, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/98) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 6 x 8.5 cm

Children standing outside the European school, Nauru, 1, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/99) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription on album page: "European school"

Children standing outside the European school, Nauru, 2, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/100) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription on album page: "European school"

Children standing outside the European school, Nauru, 3, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/101) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 9 x 14 cm

Inscription on album page: "European school"

Waves breaking over rocks, Nauru, 1927-1933 (Item PIC/21011/102) - Drawer PIC Drawer PIC/21011

1 item, 4.5 x 5 cm

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