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Vagadaci (2)
ifege Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 3 N: 101] (431)
To follow up the Levuka photo taken from Gun Rock that I posted recently here is one taken in the other direction of the next village of Vagadaci. Gun Rock is so named because naval ships used it for target practice.
As with the previous photo I have posted a photo taken in about 1880 by my great-grand father who was an early south pacific photographer. The other photo shows the area stripped of vegetation - possibly for cooking fuel but also possibly for use in ship repairs. In this photo there has been massive re vegetation of the hill sides. The flat area with houses beside the water, in colonial days, used to be the cricket ground. It is now occupied by government housing.
This photo was scanned from a negative.
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ifege Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 3 N: 101] (431)
Very old version
Edited by:ifege Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 31 W: 3 N: 101] (431)
As with a previous posting here is a photo taken from the same spot as my original. This version was taken by my great grand father in about 1880. At the time this photo was taken there was a cricket ground beside the water (colonial times!) and the hills were stripped bare of timber. This photo was a scanned print which an original print made in the 19th century from the original glass negative.