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LL/20253
Rob Wright
A typical village store
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 80]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20253 [Further details available]

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LL/20239
Rob Wright
Baby Shows' from time to time were a feature of village life in the Fifties, associated with the colonial government's efforts to reduce infant mortality and promote childcare.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 42]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20239 [Further details available]

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LL/20235
Rob Wright
Barbershops were to be found in most of Fiji's towns and townships in the Forties and Fifties. This one was located in Suva and known as Sital's.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 30]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20235 [Further details available]

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LL/20229
Rob Wright
Captain Davidson Hay, a well known and experienced seafarer in Fiji's waters.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 21]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20229 [Further details available]

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LL/20244
Rob Wright
The fire engines at Kings Wharf, Suva.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 50]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20244 [Further details available]

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LL/20232
Rob Wright
Vatukoula Gold Mine
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 27]
n.d.
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20232 [Further details available]

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LL/20509
Rob Wright
Portrait of Rob Wright with camera
1940s (ca)
Digital scan from B&W negative
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/20509

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LL/20243
Rob Wright
A grand shot of the Auxiliary Fire Service in Suva ready for active duty
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 49]
1944
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20243 [Further details available]

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LL/20242
Rob Wright
Thomson Street in Suva
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 47]
1945, September
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20242 [Further details available]

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LL/20231
Rob Wright
Shoemaker - Taken in 1946. Most of the shoes pictured would have been manufactured pre-war as new shoes were hard to come by during the war.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 26]
1946
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20231 [Further details available]

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LL/20227
Rob Wright
Ratu Kamisese Mara
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 15]
1946, July
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20227 [Further details available]

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LL/20226
Rob Wright
Ratu Penaia Ganilau
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 14]
1946, July
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20226 [Further details available]

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LL/20234
Rob Wright
These gentlemen seated on a bench outside a government office in Suva in July 1949 were members of the Sikh community who had come to Fiji during the years of indenture.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 29]
1949, July
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20234 [Further details available]

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LL/20246
Rob Wright
Main-street shops in Levuka, Fiji's old capital
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 58]
1949, June
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20246 [Further details available]

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LL/20241
Rob Wright
Helmsman of a punt at Nasesara, 1950. the face of the punt's helmsman expresses confidence in the task he has to perform but wariness as to what lies ahead. An apt allegory of the times.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 46]
1950
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20241 [Further details available]

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LL/20230
Rob Wright
Informal discussions during the Council of Chiefs at Draiba
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 22]
1950
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20230 [Further details available]

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LL/19646
Rob Wright
Meteorological practice
1950 (ca)
Page layout
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19646 [Further details available]

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LL/20245
Rob Wright
Shop front in Victoria Parade, Suva, battened up to withstand an approaching tropical storm
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 53]
1950, February
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20245 [Further details available]

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LL/20224
Rob Wright
The 1951 Team practising
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 4]
1951
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20224 [Further details available]

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LL/20233
Rob Wright
Pacific Biscuits emerging from the oven (with the aid of garden rakes)
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 28]
1951, May
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20233 [Further details available]

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LL/20251
Rob Wright
Rethatching a house in Nasau
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 76]
1952
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20251 [Further details available]

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LL/20250
Rob Wright
A house under construction at Nayawa village, Tailevu
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 75]
1953
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20250 [Further details available]

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LL/20247
Rob Wright
A quiet street scene in Labasa on Vanua Levu
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 61]
1953
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20247 [Further details available]

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LL/20249
Rob Wright
Nabutautau Village
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 71]
1953
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20249 [Further details available]

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LL/20248
Rob Wright
Nadrau Village, Colo-North
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 64]
1953
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20248 [Further details available]

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LL/20225
Rob Wright
The 1954 team departing Suva for Nadi.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 5]
1954
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20225 [Further details available]

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LL/20237
Rob Wright
A child asleep on its mother's back at a gathering on the island of Lakeba in the Lau Group in the Lau Group
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 36]
1955, August
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20237 [Further details available]

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LL/20238
Rob Wright
This photograph taken at a Tongan village of Sawana in Vanua Balavu, Lau, in August 1955, where a group of young villagers were performing a stick dance known in Tonga as the momotilau.
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 39]
1955, August
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20238 [Further details available]

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LL/20228
Rob Wright
Ratu Alipate Ralulu, a former member of the Armed Native Constabulary, photographed in Somosomo
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 20]
1957, 19 June
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20228 [Further details available]

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LL/20240
Rob Wright
Sergeant Lesi of the Royal Fiji Police Force holds the hand of a lost child during festivities on Albert Park, Suva
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 45]
1957, September
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20240 [Further details available]

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LL/20252
Rob Wright
Naivaka village, Bua
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 77]
1958
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20252 [Further details available]

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LL/20236
Rob Wright
Young children of Yalobi village on the island of Waya in the Yasawa Group
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties, pl. 35]
1958, July
Book illustration, based on gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20236 [Further details available]

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LL/19912
Rob Wright
Studio stamps of Rob Wright
n.d.
Studio stamps
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19912 [Further details available]

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LL/20223
Rob Wright
Book cover of "Fiji in the Forties and Fifties" Photography by Rob Wright, Text by Sir Ian Thomson, Edited by Peter Thomson (Thomson Pacific Ltd., 1994, ISBN: 0473027402)
[Fiji in the Forties and Fifties]
n.d.
Book cover
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
Used with the kind permission of Ginnie Marlow and Thomson Pacific Ltd.
 
LL/20223

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LL/19648
Rob Wright
Bank notes and stamps using designs by Rob Wright
n.d.
Page layout
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19648

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LL/19656
Rob Wright
Bure
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19656 [Further details available]

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LL/19674
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian 50c banknote - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
n.d.
Banknote
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19674

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LL/19675
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian one dollar banknote - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
n.d.
Banknote
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19675

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LL/19667
Rob Wright
Home of Rob Wright, Navosa-Nasese, Fiji
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19667

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LL/19669
Rob Wright
Home of Rob Wright, Navosa-Nasese, Fiji
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19669

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LL/19654
Rob Wright
Johnny Walker Bottle and Coral
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19654

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LL/19655
Rob Wright
Outrigger Canoe
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19655

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LL/19657
Rob Wright
Pandanas drying
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19657

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LL/19653
Rob Wright
The Wright Family Tree
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19653

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LL/19652
Rob Wright
Tree and Sunset
n.d.
Photographic Christmas Card
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19652

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LL/19673
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian 1/6d postage stamp (Sugar cane train) - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
1954-1956 (stamp issued)
Postage stamp
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19673 [Further details available]

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LL/19670
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian 3d postage stamp (Loading copra), - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
1954-1956 (stamp issued)
Postage stamp
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19670 [Further details available]

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LL/19668
Rob Wright
Aerial view of the home of Rob Wright, Navosa-Nasese, Fiji
1959 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19668

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LL/19672
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian 10d postage stamp (Yaqona ceremony) - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
1959-1963 (stamp issued)
Postage stamp
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19672 [Further details available]

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LL/19671
Rob Wright
Design for Fijian 6d postage stamp (Fijian beating lali), - based on an original photograph by Rob Wright
1959-1963 (stamp issued)
Postage stamp
 
Private collection of Ginnie Marlow
 
LL/19671 [Further details available]

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