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Photograph 060726 Second World War, 1939-1945MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. NATIVES ARRIVING ON MILLINGIMBI FROM ELCO ISLAND. THIS NECESSITATES A TRIP OF SOME 45 MILES ACROSS OPEN SEA IN CANOES MADE OF HOLLOWED OUT TREES.

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MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. NATIVES ARRIVING ON MILLINGIMBI FROM ELCO ISLAND. THIS NECESSITATES A TRIP OF SOME 45 MILES ACROSS OPEN SEA IN CANOES MADE OF HOLLOWED OUT TREES.
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. NATIVES ARRIVING ON MILLINGIMBI FROM ELCO ISLAND. THIS NECESSITATES A TRIP OF SOME 45 MILES ACROSS OPEN SEA IN CANOES MADE OF HOLLOWED OUT TREES.

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. NATIVES ARRIVING ON MILLINGIMBI FROM ELCO ISLAND. THIS NECESSITATES A TRIP OF SOME 45 MILES ACROSS OPEN SEA IN CANOES MADE FROM HOLLOWED OUT TREES. ONE OLD MAN IS S

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. JETTY ON A SMALL CREEK ON THE ISLAND, WELL SCREENED BY MANGROVE TREES, WHERE THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE MARINE SECTION, GROUP 654. ANCHOR THEIR LAUNCHES AND BAR

TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY IN TWO NATIVE CANOES MADE EXPECIALLY FOR THE TASK OF SAILING TO P

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-19. A BARGE OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE MARINE SECTION, GROUP 654. BEING TOWED FROM THE BACKWATER ANCHORAGE.

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-14. BARGE LOADED WITH SUPPLIES, IN THE SHALLOWS, WAITING TO BE UNLOADED BY NATIVES SUPERVISED BY AIRMEN OF NO. 452 SQUADRON, RAAF, GROUP 605.
