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Native market before trestle tables introduced, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Square pots and curved steps, Chinnery's garden, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Papuan men digging out their village houses after the eruption, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Beached canoes, amongst palm trees, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Rows of trestle tables, loaded with produce, Boong, native market, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Member of Government House staff holding a bowl of fruit on his shoulder, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Two Dukduks and a crowd of people on a beach, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Single Dukduk walking ashore from a canoe, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, ca. 1929, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Dancers standing in a circle, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

One person standing and paddling in a canoe and four people standing and paddling in a second canoe, Ramu River, New Guinea, 1935, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Damaged palm trees, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

Piles of pumice and ash along the shoreline, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery