The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Kaya-Kaya natives educated by a Catholic Mission, entertain some Aussies with their school band.
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. Kaya-Kaya native children, who attend a Catholic Mission in a more advanced village, each with a letter sewn to their garments, do a ceremonial dance. When the dance finishes they are in s
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. Kaya Kaya natives making an airstrip at a captured base.
New Guinea. Lieutenant John Lindsay, AIF, of Sydney, NSW, gives 'Baduk' a Kaya-Kaya native, a light for his native pipe, made of bamboo. The natives dry leaves and roll them similarly to a cigar and s
Dutch New Guinea. Flight Lieutenant Ross Stephens of Melbourne, Vic, RAAF doctor in the area, bandages the leg of a young Kaya Kaya child. Other local men holding their shovels are lined up waiting to
