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NEW GUINEA. WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER A FIRE HAD SWEPT THROUGH THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF HANAUBADA, WHICH HOUSED 3,000 NATIVES, THE MEN HAD ERECTED PALM THATCHED LEANTO'S AND WERE ISSUED WITH TENTS. THE LOCALS WILL REMAIN IN THE TEMPORARY VILLAGE UNTIL OTHER HOUSING PROVISION CAN BE MADE FOR THEM. HANAUBADA WAS THE BIGGEST VILLAGE OF "SALT WATER" NATIVES IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
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Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
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Colour: Black & white
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