Burns Philp was a major shipping line and acted as merchants and agents in the Pacific Islands, as well as providing a mail service and carrying tourists to various Pacific locations, including the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). In later years, Burns Philp also acquired land and developed plantations throughout the Pacific region. The images below are just a sample of the materials relating to Vanuatu in the Burns Philp deposits in the archives.
A travel advertisement for the New Hebrides appearing in the Burns Philp (B.P.) Magazine, 1 December 1940
Entry for New Hebrides in Burns Philp travel advertisement booklet, Tours to the South Sea Islands (N115-626)
The description of the New Hebrides in the Java and Pacific Islands Tours advertising booklet by Burns Philp, page 88 (N115-626)
This is one of several images of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) that were included in the Burns Philp advertising booklet, Java & Pacific Islands Tours. (N115-626)
Image of Malo, New Hebrides [Vanuatu] in Burns Philp & Co.'s Java & Pacific Islands Tours booklet, page 89
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