norfolkisland

Please explain the connection to my image. Unfortunately my internet is so abysmally slow the links above won't currently load. Thanks

Thanks just got to be able to view those links. OK so you are suggesting the image above is incorrectly titled and should be Norfolk Island Civil Hospital. I cannot recall the buildings or lay of the land well enough to be able to confirm your thoughts.

Just had a look through those State Library Pics. The Norfolk Island Pine boulevard in one of the pics could also suggest Norfolk Island. It existed before the US Military removed them to construct an airport during WWll. There is also another pic of cliffs which appears to be Cascade Bay where the whaling station was.

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Bingo! The Civil Hospital it is, or was. See the "c.1900" SLNSW (!) photo on the first page of this report. Mr Macpherson was standing bottom left corner and the one/two-chimney house is on the right. Pyramid roof is there. See also what they found in the privy ! - www.ashadocs.org/aha/19/19_04_Starr.pdf Edit - Here is the image in the SLNSW - archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110197963 - not as clear as the link above.

This is the Melanesian Mission Chapel of St Barnabas, the people are Melanesians (mainly from New Hebrides [Vanuatu] and Solomon islands) being trained for mission work back in their home islands. The Mission existed on Norfolk Island 1860-1920.

Thanks for that info, brucehassan. We found a link to a colour photo of the same building on the Norfolk Island website at: www.pitcairners.org/vt_st_barnabas_chapel.html which also says: "The chapel is built of stone from the ruins of the New Gaol. In 1920 the Mission was moved to the Solomon Islands."

The military commandant's name seems to have been variously spelled Paterson or Patterson, but never Patteson.

This photographic art encapsulates the rugged traditionalism that is a rigorous component of what is termed the military experience.

Thanks for your comment franklinwhite. We have more images that are part of this collection to be added shortly.