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Flowering shrub, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Frangipanni in a bowl on a carved Trobriand Island stool, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936, 3 / Sarah Chinnery

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

Four people and two bi-planes, one marked VH-USA, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Plantation owner E.J. Wauchope's schooner Balangot and a long canoe, Ramu River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Two men, one holding a long pole, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

View to the harbour across Chinnery's front yard with buildings in the middle distance, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Four decorated men with hand drums, Awar, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Sheila Chinnery pushing a pram, New Guinea, ca. 1924 / Sarah Chinnery

Ship and jetty and two columns of smoke rising from mountains in the distance, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

Three moored ships with one under sail in the background, and the Beehives, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Remains of a jetty with a woman carrying a loaded bag on her head, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery