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Pacific Views is presented in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute and PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures.

±õ³¾²¹²µ±ð:ÌýThe Seabirds of Bramble Cay 1933, Maizab Kaur, Torres Strait, HP87.1.138

Poet: Craig Santos Perez

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Image: Section pipe of diamond drill on reef platform 1897, Funafuti, Tuvalu, HP90.28.4888

Poet: Fenton Luntunatabua

Further reading: the full text of ''

±õ³¾²¹²µ±ð:ÌýMorobe District N.G. - Tami Island - canoe, c.1930-50, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea, HP99.1.528

Poet: Déwé Gorodé

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Image: Nauru Lagoon in centre of island c.1930, HP99.1.1955

Poet: Makiuti Tongia

Further reading: ‘Spirit of the land’ was published in Korero: Poems, Mana Publications, 1977

Image: Eruption of Baluan [Kalamanagunan] 1937, Rabaul, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, HP.90.28.2470

Poet: Apisai Enos

Further reading: ‘TRUTH’ is from the book High Water, Papua Pocket Poets, 1971

Image: [Island] c.1930, unknown location, HP2008.1.367

Poet: John Kasaipwalova

Further reading: the full text of ‘Sunset tears’

The poem is from the book , Papua Pocket Poets, 1972

Image: The hill ?Tumebu as seen from Tangoa – looking onto the mainland of Santo. Typical raised coral hill 1903, Espiritu Santo, Sanma Province, Vanuatu, HP90.28.2437

Poet: Grace Mera Molisa

Further reading: ‘Black Stone’ was published in Black Stone, Mana Publications, 1983

Image: Navua River, Fiji c.1920, Viti Levu, Western-Central Division, Fiji, HP2008.1.251

Poet: Terisa Siagatonu

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Image: ?Kaluiuaa Falls. Ohau c.1920, Kaliuwaʻa, Hau’ula, O’ahu, Hawai’I, HP90.28.2635

Poet: Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osario

Further reading: the full text of ‘Notes on Surviving the End of the world, Again’

Featured image: China Straits from Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea, 1929. Photographer William J Jackson, Macleay Collections, HP2013.1.2