P02424.015 Accession Number: P02424.015

Description

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 Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). The labourers are known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzies'.

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Accession Number
P02424.015
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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