Album of Photographs of Nauru

Title

Album of Photographs of Nauru

Date

c. 1920

Format

Publisher

Description

This album is an important document of early 20th century Nauru: its people, both islander and colonial expatriates, and the phosphate mining operations that began in 1906. Exploitation of the guano deposits on Nauru was a collaborative venture between a British phosphate company and the German government who imported laborers from the Caroline Islands and China. The influx of people brought diseases that ravaged the Nauruans. Islanders fought for many years to receive royalties and compensation for the phosphate mined on their island.

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

86 mounted photographic prints

Is Part Of

Pacific Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

52