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Where tourists never go

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Three talks given by Col. O.A. Gillespie Programme 4. "The Jungle of the Solomons" Gillespie finds much beauty in the jungle on Vella Lavella that consumes the island in its "uncanny green gloom". Many soldiers found it a damp, dismal and depressing place. He describes the island's butterflies, spiders, birds, lizards, snakes, fireflies and flowers. Programme 3. "Of Joys and Travels in New Ca...
Display date:
1951
Location:
Fiji
Format:
Sound
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
RNZ Collection
Content partner:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Online
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