Old Samarai in 1906 – Photos from Mrs Pat Shea
These photographs of Samarai, circa 1906, including one of the Trobriands, were provided by Mrs Pat Shea in conjunction with a series of letters written by her grandfather, Master Mariner Soren Nelson.
The images of these letters including a relevant newspaper cutting can be found in “Letters from a Hundred Years Ago : a tale of love and tragedy“.
A Samarai cottage in 1906
A Samarai commercial street scene
The pathway around Samarai
Playing cricket on Samarai
Members of the Papuan Constabulary
Islanders visiting Samarai
Somewhere in the Trobriands
