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Pilots of the RNZAF 14th squadron at smoko during the Battle of Bougainville, North Solomon Islands, during World War II

[Sellier, P] :Indigene en Iles Viti. Indigene des Iles Viti [1894?]

Qantas Fiji service, Lee Johnston (left) with Captain R Nicholl, Noumea, New Caledonia

World War II vehicles, equipment, and troops landing on Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea

World War II vehicles, equipment, and troops landing on Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea

Labourers on Plantation

TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) display unit advertising the Pacific Islands, including Fiji

[Hodges, William], 1744-1797 :[Man and woman of Tanna; and, Man and woman of New Caledonia. Plate] 73. [1810-1830].

World War 2 New Zealand troops, on Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea

Skull house, Tirolivotu, Solomon Islands

Simpson Harbour, Rabaul, and Mt Rakaia (Vulcan) on the left, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Lae engineer M O'Neil with 'Cackle' the Cockatoo at Lae, Papua New Guinea