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WAU - BULOLO ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A DREDGE OWNED BY THE BULOLO GOLD MINING COMPANY STANDS UNUSED 6 MILES FROM SUNSHINE AFTER BEING RENDERED USELESS BY AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS DURING THE JAPANESE ADVANCE IN JANUARY, 1943. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (1); VX94717 COLONEL R.J. WRIGHT, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (2).
WAU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-24. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1) WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY ARRIVING AT WAU AIRFIELD DURING A TOUR OF I
KOITAKI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-19. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (4), PICTURED WITH OFFICIALS INSPECTING A RUBBER TREE AT THE KOITAKI RUBBER PL
KOITAKI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-19. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (5), WITH THE OFFICIAL PARTY DURING HIS VISIT TO A KOITAKI RUBBER PLANTATION.
WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. AN ABANDONED GOLD MINING DREDGE ON THE BULOLO RIVER APPROXIMATELY A MILE SOUTH OF THE BULOLO - WATUT RIVER JUNCTION. ALTHOUGH GRASS GROWS IN THE DREDGE'S UNUSED
WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. AN ABANDONED GOLD MINING DREDGE ON THE BULOLO RIVER APPROXIMATELY A MILE SOUTH OF THE BULOLO - WATUT RIVER JUNCTION. ALTHOUGH GRASS GROWS IN THE DREDGE'S UNUSED
HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (1), WITH PX168 CAPTAIN J. B. MCKENNA, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER MAMBARE, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA
