The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Owers' Corner, Papua, c. 1942-09-23. Native carriers set about breaking up boxes and crates of supplies into 20-pound loads suitable for carrying along the Kokoda Trail. The supplies have been delivered by truck to Owers' Corner, the limit of the motor road from Port Moresby on the southern section of the trail. The labourers, known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzies', are natives of Papua and New Britain employed by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU).
Owers' Corner, Papua, c. 1942-09-23. Informal outdoors portrait of a group of native Papuans and islanders from New Britain who are employed as carriers on the Kokoda Trail by the Australian New Guine
Owers' Corner, Papua, 1942-10. One of the native carriers, known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzies', who supported the initial Australian advance and then withdrawal over the Kokoda Trail. The carriers w
Owers' Corner, Papua, 1942-10. A group of native carriers (right), who are known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzies', wait to pick up their loads from a large stack of 20-pound sandbags resting on the gro
Kokoda Trail, Papua, 1942-11. Two members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance (centre) and three native Papuan carriers pause for a rest on a section of the jungle track from Myola to Eora Creek. Known collo
Soputa, Papua, c. 1942-11-20. Three native Papuan carriers rest beside the motor road from Popindetta to Soputa. The man sitting (left) has a box or case that he has carried for a member of the 2/4th
Uberi, Papua, c. 1942-10. Under the supervision of a 'boss boy' (centre, right), a group of native Papuan carriers sets out from Uberi as they evacuate a wounded Australian soldier on a stretcher alon
