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Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, during World War II

Private H Chalmers moving ration stores, New Caledonia

Local people [including chief?] at the arrival of a Qantas Empire Airways flight at Kerowagi airfield, Papua New Guinea, including traditional dress, nose-piercing, and feathered headdress

Qantas Lae aircraft service engineers, E Loney, Area Manager, A Priday, ground engineer, and A Nicol, first engineer, with some locals at Lae airfield, Papua New Guinea

Qantas Empire Airways, Bird of Paradise service, two unidentified staff members handing over a box of [live?] chickens to a young local man, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Men, Malekula, Vanuatu

Thatched building, Vanuatu

Oba dance, Vanuatu

Qantas Empire Airways' [ staff?] from left to right, Messers L Purkiss, W Forgan-Smith, W Rees-Watts, F S Furniss, H O'Neill, R Lowe and J Rose, Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

Clara Selwyn - Photographed by Freeman, Sydney

Clara Selwyn - Photographed by Freeman, Sydney

Engineers from the 2nd NZEF IP building a landing jetty at Maravari, Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands