The Solomon Islands in the Early and Middle Thirties


Tulagi Chinatown


These 1938 photographs show Tulagi's Chinatown. One from the sea, the other from an inland hill - it was called Chinatown thanks to the Chinese traders who set up and received goods from (usually) Chinese trading ships that visited the many islands. Image courtesy of Martin Clemens


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