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Sailing boat with oars extended approaching a jetty, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

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

Portrait of three Fijians, Suva, Fiji, 1929 / C.M. Yonge

Group of women and children in a village, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Empty outrigger canoe by the shore and a laden outrigger approaching, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Boy with two baskets, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Row of empty canoes on the shore at Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 / Sarah Chinnery

Woman wearing a grass skirt and holding a child, Awar, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Three women and several children walking to the Boong, native markets, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Girl holding a spiky flower, Awar, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Women seated with baskets of produce, Boong, native markets, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Gazelle Peninsula / compiled by Laurie & Montgomerie, Consulting Engineers, for Department of Lands, Surveys, & Mines, Konedobu, Papua