[Maslyn Williams collection of Marshall Islands photographs by Thomas J. McMahon]
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[Maslyn Williams collection of Marshall Islands photographs by Thomas J. McMahon]
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PXB 293 (v.3)
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9PQyjRln
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[Maslyn Williams collection of Marshall Islands photographs by Thomas J. McMahon]
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1916-1917
Call Numbers
PXB 293 (v.3)
Record Identifier
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
— Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 68 silver gelatin photoprints
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Terms of use
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
A contents list compiled by Maslyn Williams is available in the Mitchell Library Original Materials Reading Room at PXB 293
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
[Maslyn Williams collection of Marshall Islands photographs by Thomas J. McMahon]
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
— NOTES
General note
"At the outbreak of the 1914/18 war the Marshall Islands were part of the German Empire. The centre of German Administration and trade was the port of Jaluit. At the outbreak of war the British Government asked the Australian Governmetn to occupy German possessions in the Central Pacific - specifically New Guinea, the Marshalls, Carolines and Maria...
Signature / Inscriptions
Most are annotated and dated on reverse
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Purchased 1985
Administrative / Biographical history
"The photographs in the Marshall Island section were taken by Thomas J. McMahon, F.R.G.S., of Sydney. McMahon was an indefatigable traveller in Australasia and the Pacific region and a ceaseless contributor to learned, professional and 'upper class' journals both in Australia and overseas. He visited the Gilbert, Ellice, Marshall and Caroline Islan...
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
PXB 293 (v.3)
Record Identifier
9PQyjRln
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Reference code
52744
