The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE MADE BY STRAPPING TOGETHER TWO CANOES AND LAYING PLANKS ACROSS THEM. A MAST IS THEN ERECTED IN THE CENTRE.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. PUNTING THEIR "LAKATOI", (NATIVE NAME FOR A SAILING CRAFT) THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PUSH OUT THROUGH THE SHALLOWS ON A FISHING EXCURSION. THE NATIVE SAILING CRAFT ARE
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ADMIRES HIS SOUVENIR OF NEW GUINEA, A MODEL LAKATOI, OR NATIVE SAILING CRAFT.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07. THESE THREE SMALL PAPUAN BOYS COME IN FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE RIGHT. THE SOLDIERS ARE MEMBERS OF A PATROL IN THE COASTAL SECTION AND ARE B
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RUSHING INTO THE SHALLOWS FOR A REFRESHING PLUNGE AFTER A DAY'S WORK.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RUSHING INTO THE SHALLOWS FOR A REFRESHING PLUNGE AFTER A DAY'S WORK.
