The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This trail leads up a very steep mountain and along a razor back ridge from the 9 Battalion road head on the Numa Numa trail to George, Little George Hills and Arty Ridge where the 9 Battalion saw its first action in this area. A soldier who has just come down the trail waits whilst two others cross the stepping stones. A train is on its way up the trail carrying supplies to the forward dump. The boys make two trips up and down each day. A cook is attending to the fires and another cleans out a dixie. The time is early morning. This trail is a section of the Numa Numa trail and the portion, shown in approximately two hours march from the front line.
The Numa Numa trail runs across the centre of Bougainville Island from Torokina to Numa Numa Harbour and Plantation. George, Little George Hills and Artillery Ridge are on this route and to serve them
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945. A TWO FOOT GAUGE RAILWAY BUILT BY 23RD FIELD COMPANY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TO SUPPLY TROOPS ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL. IT ROSE 894 FEET UP BARGES' HILL. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN FROM T
In keeping with Ellen Jose's tendency to combine exploration of the personal with wider external issues, 'Long winding trail' is both an intimate homage to her father and his soldier persona, and a re
The high ridge of the Sphinx, a sharp spur, dominates the scene. Hampered by poor weather, George Lambert painted this work in three sessions. On 18-21 February 1919 he wrote: "Two fair days out of fo
Uberi, Papua, 1942-10. VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie, a surgeon serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, looks out over the countryside from the observation post on the ridge above the village
A soldier rides an emaciated horse whilst dangling a carrot in front of it. The horse has two bandaged legs and its tounge is hanging out. A dog runs in front, whilst another dog chases a chicken alon