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Title	Missionary with indigenous men and teachers outside mission house, Papua New Guinea, ca.1890.
Description	Group portrait of Rev. Frederick William Walker with household of South Sea Island teachers and indigenous boys and men of Papua New Guinea outside mission house, South Cape, Papua New Guinea, c.1890. Walker (1860 - 1926) first came to Papua as a missionary in 1888 and served in the Port Moresby and Kwato districts until 1894, transferring to the Gulf district until his resignation in 1896, resuming his position between 1902 and 1905. Walker continued to work to develop Papuan commercial interests, and established Papua Industries Ltd "for the instruction of the natives in useful handicrafts and agriculture" [see entry for Abel in LMS register. No. 900], based at Kwato with Charles Abel (1862 - 1930), a company closely associated with the LMS unitl 1926 when it was transferred to the Kwato Extension Association.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906. Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
Subject	London Missionary Society; Lawes, William George 1839-1907; Walker, Frederick William, 1860-1926
Subject (aat)	exterior views
Subject (unesco)	Housing
Geographic subject (country)	Papua New Guinea
Coverage date	circa 1890
Photographer	Lawes, William George
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1890
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	albumen prints, 15.3 x 20.9 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Legacy record ID	impa-m2575
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
Part of repository	School of Oriental and African Studies
Part of series	Council for World Mission/London Missionary Society
File	SOAS/CWM/LMS/PNG/PHOTO/04/005/003
Rights	Council for World Missions
Access conditions	http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/subjects/archives/services/
Repository name	University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
Repository address	Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Repository email	docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
Filename	IMP-SOA-CWM-19-10-005-003
Archival file	impa_Volume201/IMP-SOA-CWM-19-10-005-003.tiff

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