Photographs by Australian writer Nancy Phelan

Australian writer and photographer Nancy Phelan (1913 2008) published over 25 books, including novels, biographies, memoirs, travel books and a cookbook. She travelled widely throughout Europe, the Pacific, Asia and the Middle East, writing about and photographing her adventures. These photos have been taken in a wide range of cultures: Catalan boy, Barcelona,1953; Convent schoolgirls, Barcelona, 1953 (top photo stuck to the one below with some damage to the one below and a third copy has small chip in side); Catalan Girl, Barcelona, 1953; Cadiz woman, nd., probably 1953; Courtyard in Cordoba, nd., probably 1953; Sicilian monk, Lipari, Aeolian Islands, 1953; Mummies in catacombs, Sicily, nd., probably 1953; Women and child in Western Samoa, nd.; Samoan girl, nd. (two photos stuck together); Indigene, Pape'ete, Tahiti, 1955; Gilbertese Child, Tabiteuea, Gilbert Islands, 1955 (illustration from Phelan's book Atoll Holiday, second copy chipped); Gilbertese mother and child, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 1955 (illustration from Atoll Holiday, bottom copy has chipped bottom corner); Tahitian father and son, Pape'ete, Tahiti, 1955; Sunday afternoon, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, nd.).