City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Leisure object - Stereograph Cards, Methodist Mission to Papua New Guinea, 1939
... ...raluana...Many of the early pioneers in the City of Moorabbin were Methodists. stereograph card papua new guinea methodist missionary cruise moorabbin kwato samarai katoomba rabaul kabakada vunairima port hunter raluana bronilow memorial church dohu island marriott Stereograph cards Description of photo is written on bottom of card. 43 Homemade black & white - stereograph cards - two identical pictures on cardboard. ...
Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope.
These series of cards are made by one of the Pioneers families of the district who travelled went on a cruise aboard the 'Katoomba' to Papua New Guinea in 1939. The cruise was arranged by the Society of Australasia Methodist Missionary Cruise to Papua New Guinea in April 1939. The Cruise left Brisbane with 370 methodists from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Many of the early pioneers in the City of Moorabbin were Methodists.43 Homemade black & white - stereograph cards - two identical pictures on cardboard.Description of photo is written on bottom of card.stereograph card, papua new guinea, methodist, missionary cruise, moorabbin, kwato, samarai, katoomba, rabaul, kabakada, vunairima, port hunter, raluana, bronilow memorial church, dohu island, marriott, stereograph cards
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City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)