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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 BAG) SLUNG FROM THE HEAD. A WEEKLY BARGE HAS BEEN CHARTERED FROM LAE BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS TO TRANSPORT THE FRUIT TO THE DETAIL ISSUE DEPOT WHO DESPATCH THE FRUIT TO THE 2/7TH GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PROVIDE ANY SURPLUS TO UNITS IN THE LAE AREA. A BARTERING ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WITH THE LULUAI (VILLAGE HEAD), TO EXCHANGE ARMY RATIONS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
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
YAMBO, NEW GUINEA, 1944-05-12. NATIVES LOAD A BARGE WITH PRODUCE FROM NATIVE GARDENS. THE "BILLUM" (STRING BAG), HUNG FROM THE HEAD, ASSISTS THE CARRYING OF PRODUCE. THE BARGE, CHARTERED FROM LAE BY T
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
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
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
