The sounds and songs of Pacific Views
Use this resource to hear the songs and sounds from the PARADISEC archive.
Pacific Views is presented in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute and PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures.
Full recordings available via the PARADISEC archive.
Songs to ancestral spirits from Rennell & Bellona Province, Solomon Islands
recorded/collected by Solomon Islands National Museum, 1977
PARADISEC: SINM-77_7
Image: Section pipe of diamond drill on reef platform 1897, Funafuti, Tuvalu, HP90.28.4888
Iatmul-Kandingei slit drums, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
recorded/collected by Bob McLennan, 1972
PARADISEC: BM1-Iatmul5
Image: Limestones of Aitape series. 5. Geological Dept. c.1920, Aitape, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, HP90.28.2389
Kanak Singsing, New Caledonia performance at Suva Festival (Fiji)
recorded/collected by Mary Patterson, 1972
PARADISEC: MP1-002
Image: Nauru Lagoon in centre of island c.1930, HP99.1.1955
Takaino Independence song, Kieta District, Bougainville
recorded/collected by Don Laycock, 1980
PARADISEC: DL1-064
Image: Eruption of Baluan [Kalamanagunan] 1937, Rabaul, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, HP.90.28.2470
Peroveta (prophet) song, Hiri-Motu, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
recorded/collected by Murray Groves, 1973
PARADISEC: MG1-008
Image: [Island] c.1930, unknown location, HP2008.1.367
Namakira by Makira Stringband, Shefa Province, Vanuatu
recorded/collected by Wolfgang Sperlich, 1985
PARADISEC: WS1-006
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
Meke dance song, Fiji
recorded/collected by Albert Schutz, 1961
PARADISEC: AS2-010
Image: Navua River, Fiji c.1920, Viti Levu, Western-Central Division, Fiji, HP2008.1.251
School assembly singing, Apia, Samoa
recorded/collected by Murray Groves, 1973
PARADISEC: MG1-007
Image: ?Kaluiuaa Falls. Ohau c.1920, Kaliuwaʻa, Hau’ula, O’ahu, Hawai’I, HP90.28.2635
Featured image: China Straits from Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea, 1929. Photographer William J Jackson, Macleay Collections, HP2013.1.2