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Tropical forest, Fiji, 1994 / Peter Dombrovskis

Village head man standing with skulls impaled on posts facing the river as a sign of hospitality, Kerewa village, Goaribari Island, Papua New Guinea, December 1922 / Frank Hurley

Sailing up the Fly River, Papua New Guinea, 1921? Frank Hurley

Portrait of a Papuan man from an unidentified tribe, Papua New Guinea / Frank Hurley

Forest buttress, Fiji, 1994 / Peter Dombrovskis

A village scene on Mailu Island, Papua New Guinea, June 1921 / Frank Hurley

Charles Kingsford-Smith's Fokker FVIIB-3m monoplane, the Southern Cross flying above boats on ocean, Fiji, June 1928

A canoe with its complement of warriors, Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea, 1921? Frank Hurley

Vine, Wakaya, Fiji, 1994, 2 / Peter Dombrovskis

Men in two lines inside the great kau ravi of Kaimari, gulf of Papua, New Guinea, ca. 1920s / Frank Hurley

Warriors standing outside the the great dubu daima of Urama, Papua New Guinea, 1921? Frank Hurley

Fokker F.VIIb/3m, VH-USU, Southern Cross, preparing to takeoff, Fiji, August 1928 / Qantas photograph