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Devastated landscape after volcanic eruption, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

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

Woman wearing a grass skirt standing in front of dancers, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Two outrigger canoes laden with produce with women as crew, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Outrigger canoe laden with produce and three women as crew, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Square garden at Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neal's place overlooking Wau Valley, New Guinea, 1937, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Four women sitting on verandah of marine house, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Woman carrying a bag on her head walking to the Boong, native markets, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Frangipanni arrangement, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Woman wearing a conical hat and a young girl standing in front of her, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

View of a decorated woman and a child, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Smoke rising from Vulcan Island after the eruption with Mother and South Daughter Mountains in distance, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery