The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. 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
Dutch New Guinea. Transporting jeeps across rivers presents no difficulties when the troops employ natives and their praus (canoes). Three praus are lashed together and with much difficulty the jeep i
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
Dutch New Guinea. Kaya-Kaya native girls carry huge loads on their heads along the beach while modern Jeep motor vehicles drive past them.
NEW GUINEA. A GROUP OF ALLIED SOLDIERS IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA, WHICH INCLUDES DUTCH, AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, TAKE TIME OFF FROM BEACH PATROL TO HAVE A YARN AND A SMOKE.