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ALEXANDRIA, NSW. 1944-01-24. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES ENJOYING AN ICE CREAM IN THE FACTORY CANTEEN DURING THEIR TOUR OF SLAZENGER'S FACTORY

SIALUM AREA, HUON PENINSULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-14. MEMBERS OF THE 1ST TANK BATTALION WITH A GROPER WEIGHING 200 LBS CAUGHT IN THE SIALUM LAGOON, BY NX123604 MAJOR A. I. F. MACKILLOP. LEFT TO ..

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. THE BARREL OF A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN PROTRUDES FROM ITS POSITION ON THE GAZELLE PENINSULA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

LITHGOW, NSW. 1944-01-25. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING MR R. HAWKINS TEMPERING VICKERS MACHINE GUN COMPONENTS IN A SALT BATH AT THE SMALL ARMS FACTORY

1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING THE ASSEMBLING OF A MOTOR CAR CHASSIS MOUNTED ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE AT THE FACTORY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-22. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE MV "FRANCES PEAT" WHICH IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ARMED BEFORE BEING PUT INTO SERVICE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SMALL SHIPS SECTION IN NEW GUINEA WATERS

NEWCASTLE, NSW. 1944-01-28. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES INSPECTING THE BROKEN HILL PTY., STEEL ROLLING MILLS

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES OPERATING A BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN OF THE 655TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY

NEWCASTLE, NSW. 1944-01-28. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT (ANGAU) NATIVES WATCHING A MAGNETIC CRANE GRAB IN OPERATION AT THE STEEL MILLS OF BROKEN HILL PTY LTD

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING THE TIGERS AT THE TARONGA PARK ZOO DURING THEIR TOUR OF INSPECTION OF WAR FACTORIES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA

GOALING RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. A SECTION OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY CROSSING THE RIVER IN A JAPANESE FERRY WHICH WAS LEFT BEHIND BY THE RETREATING ENEMY

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. "YARON" AN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVE ONE OF A PARTY WHO VISITED SYDNEY FOR A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE WAR FACTORIES