The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED (VX1), Commander‑in‑Chief of Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific Area, and his official party walk through an Aboriginal settlement at Adelaide River. The settlement was managed and controlled by the Australian Army, where locally engaged Aboriginal people worked in civilian roles such as butchery, housekeeping, cooking, mechanics, driving, farm labour, and camp services.
An unidentified group of locally engaged Aboriginal women and children greet General Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Commander‑in‑Chief of Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, durin
An unidentified group of locally engaged Aboriginal men, women and children waiting outside the Aboriginal settlement at Adelaide River, which was controlled by the Australian Army. The group are wait
General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, speaks with two unidentified Aboriginal elder men. They are at an Aboriginal settlemen
Three locally engaged Aboriginal men are ploughing a field at a pineapple plantation. The farm is operated by No. 1 Australian Farm Company of the Australian Army Service Corps. At the time, the Army
An unidentified group of locally engaged Aboriginal workers lining up at the mess area to receive food prepared by mess staff, at the Aboriginal settlement near Adelaide River. The settlement is manag
A group of locally engaged Aboriginal people preparing and arranging a communal meal. The group works as mess‑staff at the Aboriginal settlement near Adelaide River, which is managed and controlled by
