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Inside the great ravi of Kaimari, gulf of Papua, New Guinea, ca. 1920s / Frank Hurley

Allan Riverstone McCulloch surrounded by souvenirs, Papua New Guinea, 1922 / Frank Hurley

Vaieki, the coxswain, in a field of lotuses on the shores of Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1920s / Frank Hurley

Papuan warriors in their canoes, Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea, 1921? Frank Hurley

Kiwai men and children in a canoe in front of a communal longhouse on the Bamu River, Papua New Guinea, 1921? Frank Hurley

A crowd of people, some in canoes, watching the unloading of a Short Shrimp seaplane, G-AUPZ, from a ship, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1922 / Frank Hurley

Buttressed trees, Fiji, 1994 / Peter Dombrovskis

Frank Hurley explains his rifle to Amanen [?] villagers, Cape Nelson, Papua New Guinea, May 1921

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

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

Ann Bernard's photograph album, 1928-1930 / compiled by Ann Bernard

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