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View across Chinnery's garden towards harbour with two moored ships includingHMAS Australia [?] , Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Group of six people at water's edge, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Leafless rain trees, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Man playing a fringed drum, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

View across Chinnery's garden towards the harbour, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Several decorated dancers with one holding a hand drum, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Clamshell birdbath in the front yard of the Chinnery's place Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1, 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Canoes, Lorengau, Manus Island, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Man passing a coil of rope with many onlookers, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Decorated male dancer holding palm fronds, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Man standing between two beached canoes with a palm tree covered headland in middle distance, Madang, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Man holding a knife and a carved stick in one hand with a woven basket under his arm, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery