014508 Accession Number: 014508

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NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. AT AN OPERATIONAL BASE SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AUSTRALIA, A DUTCH BOMBER SQUADRON SETTLES IN. THE PHOTO SHOWS JAVANESE SPLITTING BAMBOO INTO FLAT STRIPS AND THEN PLAITING THE STRIPS INTO MATS TO BE USED FOR WALL AND PARTITIONS OF HUTS. ALL THE WORK WAS DONE WITH MALLETS MADE OF SMALL SECTIONS OF BAMBOO AND CURVED SWORDS. THE DUTCH AND JAVANESE FOUGHT AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING, THIS TIME WITH BETTER EQUIPMENT. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).

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Accession Number
014508
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
29 March 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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