IDNO

P.800.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “View on a road, Mer.”

View down probably the ‘new road’, which parallels the line of houses along the shore, and is edged by bamboo fencing and lined with bamboo and coconut palms. [Jude Philp 17/3/1999, updated JD 25/5/2011]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Cambridge University Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits, 1898 - 1899]

Date

1898

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Quarterplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The LMS actively encouraged the people of Mer and Dauar to live in proximity to the church. As a result many people came and settled in village clusters along the North western coast. Haddon refers to the ‘new’ road which parrallels the line of houses along the shore. [Jude Philp 17/3/1999]