Anthropology Department Teaching Collection
In 1995 The contents of the Universities Anthropology Departments teaching Collection was transferred to the Historic Photograph Collection. This included several thousand lantern slides and some glass plate negatives. This collection remains mostly uncatalogued
They have been most strongly associated with the Anthropologist Ian Hogbin who played an integral part in the setting up of this collection. The images date from the late 19th century through to the mid 1940's.
The majority of these images of indigenous peoples are from the Pacific region particularly Papua and New Guinea and Western and Northern Australia.
You can also view other images from Australias Colonial past
The following is a list of areas covered by the collection:
- Africa
- Andaman Islands
- Bathhurst and Melville Islands
- Bourgainville
- Cape York Peninsula
- Dampier Straits
- Hawaii
- Huon Gulf (New Guinea)
- Nauru
- New Britain (New Guinea)
- New Hebrides
- New Ireland (New Guinea)
- New South Wales
- North East Arnheim Land
- North West Kimberley
- North Australia 1934-35
- Ontong Java
- Queensland
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tikopia
- New Guinea
