The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Torres Strait Islander QX6559 Private Victorianno (Victor) Blanco, a pearl diver from from Thursday Island, Queensland, asks a policewoman for directions in London.
Somewhere in England, Torres Strait Islander QX6559 Private Victorianno (Victor) Blanco, a pearl driver from Thursday Island, Queensland, performs in front of his camp mates while dressed in a traditi
Copies of army service papers. Transcript of interview discussing enlistment, reasons for joining army and Torres Strait Islander view of the war, training, unloading boats at Thursday Island, patroll
Private Tom Mayo, interpreter of Japanese, originally a pearl diver from Thursday Island.
THURSDAY ISLAND, TORRES STRAIT. 1945-10-29. ACTIVITIES AT TORRES STRAIT AREA COMMAND. LOOKING DOWN ON THURSDAY ISLAND TOWNSHIP AND HARBOUR FROM MILMAN HILL. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT N. B. STUCKEY)
THURSDAY ISLAND, TORRES STRAIT. 1945-10-29. ACTIVITIES AT TORRES STRAIT AREA COMMAND. PRIVATE J. WIGNESS OF THE TORRES STRAIT LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION DEMONSTRATES THE SPEARING OF A TURTLE. (PHOTOGRAP
This print features a ceremonial headdress with the form of a fighter plane surrounded by minaral. Minaral is a word in the traditional Western Island language of Kala Lagaw Ya referring to design, p
