Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 200
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The polished instrument is far younger & as I remarked belongs to the Neolithic or new stone age - Then came Metals – Copper – Bronze – gold silver & last of all the age we are now in the iron age -
All mankind comes under this big generalization Old stone – New stone – Copper – Iron - That's a nice little bit of anthropology for my son which these old axes will enforce - I then returned to the ship & I learnt that we had orders from the Encounter to proceed to Sydney on Tuesday at 2 pm & pay off - Well - That's our finish on this commission - After lunch I went on shore again in the mean time we had pushed off & anchored in our old spot – for the last time - I spent some time in the Museum, talking to the Curator examining Fijian products – their war clubs – axes – pottery – models of canoes – models of houses, cloth for dresses – Kava bowls & cups - Also Fijian shells which form a fine collection - They have a small number of fossils in the limestone collected by Sir Everard im Thurn a former governor