Explore items from Melanesia

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. NEW GUINEA NATIVES ROOFING A BUILDING WITH SAGO PALM THATCHING AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE COMPOUND

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. A LINE OF NEW GUINEA NATIVES AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE COMPOUND PLANTING GRASS FOR LAWNS

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. Q42379 CORPORAL CHRISTENSEN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT SUPERVISING NEW GUINEA NATIVE BOYS CUTTING BRIDGE TIMBER IN THE JUNGLE NEAR THE NATIVE COMPOUND

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. NATIVES PICKING KAU KAU, A SWEET POTATO WHICH FORMS PART OF THEIR FAVOURITE DIET. THE NATIVE QUARTERS AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. NATIVE BOYS BATHING IN THE NEW BATHS BEING ERECTED AT THE NATIVE COMPOUND AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HOSPITAL AT LAE SHOWING A PORTION OF THE WARDS

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS AND MEDICAL OFFICES AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-25. RECRUITS IN THE PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION COMPOUND AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT RECEIVE DRILL INSTRUCTION FROM SERGEANT KARI MM, WHO WAS DECORATED ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-11. A LARGE JAPANESE ELECTRICAL SWITCHBOARD INSIDE A CONCRETE BUILDING ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-13. A CAMOUFLAGED JAPANESE FIELD GUN ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-12. SECTION OF A FORMER JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AREA ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-18. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CAMP BUILT FOR THE TEMPORARY INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)