The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. Sergeant Vernon Lindsey of Georgia, USA, and Private Ted Thorogood of Mackay, Qld, try to explain to 'Siami' a Kaya-Kaya native who lives in the swamps, how an 'Omong-Mesin' (talking machine) or field telephone works.
Dutch New Guinea. The original natives of the swamps country are called Kaya-Kaya natives. They have many strange customs and are still very primitive. They rely on bows and arrows and spears for obta
NEW GUINEA. A KAYA-KAYA NATIVE MAN SHOWS AN AUSSIE HOW TO USE A BOW AND ARROW IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA WHILE NEI SOLDIER AND ANOTHER KAYA-KAYA WATCH THE RESULTS.
Dutch New Guinea. Sapper Dick Cullen of Bundaberg, Qld, and a native 'boss-boy' supervise the building of vast drains to dry out swamp areas and make them habitable for troops. The Kaya-Kaya natives d
Dutch New Guinea. When the Aussies out on patrol through the swamp come to a river they employ the local Kaya-Kaya natives to ferry them across in their native 'praoes' (canoes). They also transport j
New Guinea. Their pilots' lives may depend on how carefully these US soldiers fold and pack parachutes for use in the combat area. Left to right: T/Sergeant Jerome Lennes of Minnesota; T/Sergeant Joe
Dutch New Guinea. Portang, a Javanese native boy, who sells native food to the Aussies, gives Sergeant George McKay of Innisfail, Qld, a hand, by turning the grindstone for him, while he sharpens his
