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Locals crowd behind a rope cordon waiting for Charles Kingsford-Smith to land, Fiji, June 1928

Vine, Wakaya, Fiji, 1994, 1 / Peter Dombrovskis

Shell detail, Fiji, 1994 / Peter Dombrovskis

Burning houses and victorious natives, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1930s / Michael Leahy

Effets des sauvages de la Nouvelle Calédonie / Dien scripsit

Femme de la Nouvelle Calédonie / Piron delin. ; Copia sculp. ; Dien scripsit

Pie de la Nouvelle Calédonie / Audebert pinxt ; Perée sculp. ; Dien scripsit

The landing at Tanna one of the New Hebrides / [drawn from nature by W. Hodges; engraved by J.K. Sherwin

Buttressed tree, Wakaya, Fiji, 1994 / Peter Dombrovskis

Fred by a banana palm, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1945 / Alfred Amos

His Royal Highness' hut on the left and General Sturdee's hut on the right, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1945 / Alfred Amos

His Royal Highness' hut and Officers mess, Jacquinot Bay, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, 1945 / Alfred Amos