Halo wantok!

Qantas Lae aircraft service engineers, E Loney, Area Manager, A Priday, ground engineer, and A Nicol, first engineer, with some locals at Lae airfield, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways' [ staff?] from left to right, Messers L Purkiss, W Forgan-Smith, W Rees-Watts, F S Furniss, H O'Neill, R Lowe and J Rose, Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways, Mr I Peters and Miss Nicholson, passengers on the Bird of Paradise service, en route to join the fisheries survey vessel, MV Fairwind, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways' personnel (left to right), Mr R Haughey, Traffic Officer, Mr E Loney, AERA engineer, Mr K Whiteman, Traffic Officer, and Mr F Furness, pilot, Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways office staff, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from right, N Noon (Traffic Officer), Miss P Gordon (Stenographer), D Treeby (Traffic Officer), N Gilmour (Traffic Officer), and P Brett (Senior Traffic Officer)

RAAF air transport premises, Port Moresby, New Guinea

Scale model of Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea, prepared by New Zealand Divisional Engineers in preparation for the landing and training of assault troops during World War II

Qantas Lae office staff, P Shanler, senior traffic officer, Miss A Armitage, secretary, (front) Mr G Watte, traffic officer, Mr I Little, traffic officer, Miss J Voysey, typist, Miss M Walker, typist, Mr H Hinwood, area manager for Papua New Guinea

Qantas Lae office staff, P Shanler, senior traffic officer, Miss A Armitige, secretary, (front) Mr G Watte, traffic officer, Mr I Little, traffic officer, Miss J Voysey, typist, Miss M Walker, typist, Mr H Hinwood, area manager for Papua New Guinea

Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868 :Ile des Papous. Vue du mouillage de l'Uranie sur l'ile Rawak. Dessine par Garneray, d'apres A. Pellion. Grave par Niquet [1824]

New Zealand troops in assault landing craft at Pokonian Plantation, Nissan Island

Fresh water being brought ashore from tank landing ship, Nissan Island