The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two Tamigudu boys carrying bananas from native gardens to the beach. A weekly barge was chartered from Lae to the Australian Army Service Corps, to transport fruit to the detail issue depot, who then despatched the fruit to the 2/7th General Hospital and provided any surplus to Units in the Lae area. A bartering arrangement was formed by the the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit with the Luluai (the village head), to exchange Army rations for fruit and vegetables.
TAMIGUDU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. NATIVES ABOUT TO LOAD FRUIT AND VEGETABLES GROWN IN NATIVE GARDENS ON TO A BARGE. THE BARGE, CHARTERED FROM LAE BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, TRANSPORTS FRUIT
TAMIGUDU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. NATIVES PACK FRUIT GROWN AT NATIVE GARDENS INTO CONTAINERS FOR TRANSPORTATION BY BARGE. THE BARGE, CHARTERED FROM LAE BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, TRANSPORTS
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
UKILIM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. A BARGE LOADED WITH PRODUCE FROM NATIVE GARDENS. THE BARGE, CHARTERED FROM LAE BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, TRANSPORTS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES WEEKLY TO THE DETAI
