New Zealand - Samoa - In the Roman Catholic Mission Grounds, Apia - From the album: New Zealand Views - 1884 - by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton Samoa - Officially the Independent State of Samoa - The capital city is Apia. - Discovered and settled by the Lapita people around 3,500 years ago. - A unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions - A member of the Commonwealth of Nations - Western Samoa was admitted to the United Nations in 1976. - The entire island group, which includes American Samoa, was called "Navigator Islands" by European explorers due to the Samoans' seafaring skills. (Reference: Wikipedia) Alfred Henry Burton - c. 1834 – 2 February 1914 - He is considered one of New Zealand's most important photographers - He was born in Leicester, England but his birth year is known uncertain - His father (John Burton) was also a photographer - Burton emigrated to New Zealand in 1868 to join his brother Walter John Burton (Walter had a studio in Dunedin) - Burton Brothers built up a strong portfolio of landscape images of New Zealand Image source: In the Roman Catholic Mission Grounds, Apia, Samoa. From the album: New Zealand Views, 1884, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (O.030018) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/710538