The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. Kaya-Kaya native girls carry huge loads on their heads along the beach while modern Jeep motor vehicles drive past them.
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. 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.
New Guinea. A local native woman with baby carrying a load in string bags slung around her head. Native women carry loads weighing up to 2 1/2 cwt on their heads.
Dutch New Guinea. Troops on patrol manoeuvres move from the beach into canoes (praoes) held by Kaya-Kaya natives whom they have employed to transport them across the rivers.
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
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
