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Refuelling VH-UQP De Havilland plane by kerosene tin, Salamaua, New Guinea, 1933 [1] Sarah Chinnery

Japanese woman in traditional costume at the Boong market, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neal's place overlooking Wau Valley, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

Ramu man aiming bow and arrow into a river, Ramu River, New Guinea, 1935, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Two rows of houses with tassels hanging from their eaves, Awar village near Wauchope's plantation, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Two groups of seated men, facing each other in a village, Fiji, ca. 1920 / E.W. Searle

Chinnery's driver looking across the harbour an hour before the eruption on 29 May, 1937, Vulcan Island, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Chinnery house staff, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Man sitting on a woven mat beside a large bowl, Fiji, ca. 1920 / E.W. Searle

Red birds of paradise, 1888 / Neville Cayley

Group of Europeans outside a building, Fiji, ca. 1920 / E.W. Searle

Scene, Gili Gili Plantation, Milne Bay [cattle amongst trees] Frank Hurley