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Unidentified man wearing a suit in the garden at Malaguna Road [?], Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Vulcan Island before the eruption of 1937 with Mother and South Daughter Mountains in the distance, Rabaul, New Guinea / Sarah Chinnery

Two young girls, wearing European style clothing with limed hair, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Back view of a man standing in a canoe paddling, Ramu River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Shrub with supporting posts in the lawn of Chinnery's garden, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Papuan woman and a girl wearing grass skirts, Port Moresby, Papua, ca. 1923, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Two tall palms and the edge of a water tank in Chinnery's back yard, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Wire bridge over creek, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Woman holding a bark rain hood and a child on her shoulders, Ramu River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Girl holding a small child with a jetty in the background, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Two ships moored in Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Woman wearing a grass skirt holding a dish and a tin, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery