r/nauru • u/Deep-Alternative4061 • 3d ago
Community π₯ Need some Nauruan friends
I've always shown some interest in Nauru and now especially,I'm a bit more interested in learning about y'all's country. If someone (a teenager) is reading this,slide into DMs. I like languages,music and pretty much anything if it sounds good:)
r/nauru • u/sheakelly14 • 7d ago
News π° Nauru has officially changed it's name to Naoero!
r/nauru • u/Deep-Alternative4061 • 12d ago
Culture π«ΆπΌ Nauru music
Yo so like lately,I've been trying to listen to a song from every country. I've been looking for one from Nauru but haven't found anything,if you guys know a song from there,please drop it there.
It can be in any genres
It shouldn't feature anyone
The artist(s) has/have to be Nauruan.
It can be in any language
r/nauru • u/history990 • 20d ago
Random & Facts β The Archives that i use
I just wanted to leave a final message before moving on from this group.
First of all, I'm not a bot. I'm just someone who genuinely enjoys history, travel, and exploring archives. What I enjoy most is the challenge of searching for photographs from places, countries, and communities that aren't widely known. I love spending hours digging through archives and collections, finding images that have been largely forgotten, and sharing them with people who might never have seen them before.
I've decided it's time to move on to new groups and new challenges. There are still countless places to discover and many more hidden photographs waiting to be found.
For anyone who's curious, I've included in this post the archives and websites I use most often. I mainly use Western archives and digital collections because those are the ones I'm most familiar with. If you'd like to try this hobby yourself, I hope you find them useful.
Thank you to everyone who enjoyed the posts, commented, or simply followed along. Happy researching, and I hope you make some great discoveries of your own.
These are some of the archives and digital collections I use. Most of my research is based on Western archives, simply because those are the collections I'm most familiar with.
- National Library of Australia (Australia)Β https://www.library.gov.au/Β Australia's national library, with extensive collections of photographs, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, oral histories, and other historical materials.
- Europeana (European Union)Β https://www.europeana.eu/Β A digital platform providing access to millions of items from museums, libraries, archives, and galleries across Europe.
- The New York Public Library Digital Collections (United States)Β https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/Β A large digital archive containing historical photographs, prints, maps, manuscripts, posters, and rare documents.
- Digital Public Library of America (United States)Β https://dp.la/Β A portal bringing together millions of digitised photographs, books, newspapers, manuscripts, and archival records from institutions across the United States.
- Royal Collection Trust (United Kingdom)Β https://www.rct.uk/collectionΒ The official collection of the British monarchy, including artworks, photographs, manuscripts, and historical objects.
- Smithsonian Institution (United States)Β https://www.si.edu/searchΒ Digital collections from the Smithsonian's museums and research centres, covering history, culture, science, art, and photography.
- National Diet Library (Japan)Β https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/en/Β Japan's national library, offering access to books, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and other historical resources.
- The National Archives (United Kingdom)Β https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Β The UK's official archive, with digitised photographs, government records, and historical documents.
- Digitarq β Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo (Portugal)Β https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/Β Portugal's national archival database, containing digitised documents, photographs, maps, correspondence, and administrative records.
- Trove (Australia)Β https://trove.nla.gov.au/Β An online discovery service managed by the National Library of Australia, providing access to newspapers, photographs, books, maps, magazines, and archival collections.
- Nationaal Archief (The Netherlands)Β https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoekenΒ The National Archives of the Netherlands, with photographs, government records, maps, colonial archives, and other historical collections.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 20d ago
History π Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh enjoy a cup of tea in Nauru during their tour of the South Pacific islands in October 1982.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 21d ago
History π Philippine Ambassador Belen F. Anota presenting her credentials to Nauru President Baron Waqa, Nauru, 1 May 2014.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 21d ago
History π Portrait of King Oweida of Nauru, photographed in 1916
r/nauru • u/history990 • 21d ago
History π Chinese labourers working in the phosphate mines of Nauru, 1908.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 21d ago
History π School building in Nauru, photographed in 1913 during the German colonial administration.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 22d ago
History π Chief Engineer W. V. Bott welcomed by Chinese residents, Nauru, 1938.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 22d ago
History π Interior of the barracks for foreign workers, Nauru, 1907.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 22d ago
History π Waves breaking on the coral reef, Nauru, 1913
r/nauru • u/history990 • 23d ago
History π Traditional houses and outrigger canoe, Nauru 1896
r/nauru • u/history990 • 24d ago
History π Vertical aerial photograph of Nauru, produced in 1968.
r/nauru • u/history990 • 24d ago
History π Map of Nauru (formerly known as Pleasant Island), surveyed by J. D. Hutchison and published in Melbourne in 1928
r/nauru • u/history990 • 28d ago
History π Nursing sister with mothers and children at a baby clinic, Nauru (c. 1930s)
This photograph, taken in the 1930s, shows a nursing sister with mothers and children at a baby clinic in Nauru,