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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. JAPANESE BOMBING RAIDS OVER PORT MORESBY CAUSED MOST OF THE NATIVE POPULATION TO GO TO THE HILLS. A SMALL NUMBER OF NATIVE "BOYS" REMAINED, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK AND THEY NOW DO LAUNDRY WORK AND DOMESTIC DUTIES IN CAMP AREAS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS A NATIVE "BOY" (RIGHT) IRONING SHIRTS AND SHORTS FOR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, OUTSIDE A NATIVE HUT.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. JAPANESE BOMBING RAIDS OVER PORT MORESBY CAUSED MOST OF THE NATIVE POPULATION TO GO TO THE HILLS. A SMALL NUMBER OF NATIVE "BOYS" REMAINED, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK AND T
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA "BOYS" IN A NATIVE VILLAGE SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHITE CIVILIAN POPULATION THESE "BOYS" DO LAUNDRY WORK AND DOMESTIC DUTIES IN CAMP AREAS.
17 MILE, PORT MORESBY AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-04. NATIVE BOYS IRONING CLOTHES AT THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOBILE LAUNDRY.
ULUGUDU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-25. REVEREND JOHANN DEKKER, LUTHERAN MISSIONARY WITH HIS NATIVE BOYS IN A HUT WHICH HE BUILT IN THE JUNGLE TO ESCAPE THE ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS.
Hitolo, village counsellor, is seeking local native boy recruits for a Papuan brass band, explaining the duties and privileges to prospective bandsmen. The boys quickly learn to read music, and can pl
NEW GUINEA. THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF HANAUBADA, PORT MORESBY AFTER IT HAD BEEN SWEPT BY FIRE, WHICH IT IS BELIEVED WAS ACCIDENTAL. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST VILLAGE OF "SALTWATER" LOCALS IN PAPUA AND HAD A PO
