The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Row of houses in the 'Main street' of a village. The local natives were evacuated from two coastal villages for their own safety and operational reasons. This photograph was published in the Australian Women's Weekly on 18 December 1943.
Local natives farewell Mrs Jackson (a representative of the Women's Weekly) as she set off in a lakatoi (boat) after visiting their village. They loaded her with gifts of the shell necklaces they love
Warrant Officer E. A. Brown, with local native children patting a collie dog, at a village post. He is in charge of the area in which these villages are located. This photograph was published in the A
Carrying water from a nearby well to their village, these local native men and women carry their home-made pots on their shoulders. This photograph was published in the Australian Women's Weekly on 18
Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan waves the grass skirt given to her by natives as she leaves their village in the lakatoi (native boat) on which visitors are ferried across the estuary. She is ferried by
Portrait of a bare-chested Waieke, fine type of local native, wearing shell necklaces and armbands. This photograph was published in the Australian Women's Weekly on 18 December 1943.
Hitolo, village counsellor, is seeking local native boy recruits for a Papuan brass band, explaining the duties and privileges to prospective bandsmen. The boys quickly learn to read music, and can pl
