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PORT MORESBY - FOUR BOYS HAVE JUST DIVED FOR COINS. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - GUINEA AIRWAYS' F-13 JUNKERS AT SLIPWAY. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - FINISH OF 440 YARDS' RACE AT A.A.C. SPORTS. AIR FORCE 1ST AND 2ND, PORT MORESBY 3RD. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY HARBOUR FROM AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS. ENTRANCE AT LEFT. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - PORTION OF FAIRFAX HARBOUR, A FINE HARBOUR. HANUABADA NATIVE VILLAGE ALONG FORESHORES FROM CENTRE OF PICTURES TO RIGHT HAND SIDE. 7,000 INHABITANTS. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY ..

PORT MORESBY - NATIVE TWIN-RIGGER, SAID TO HAVE JUST COME OVER 1,000 MILES DAY BEFORE THIS WAS TAKEN. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - NATIVES PLAYING "CRICKET" ON ELA BEACH. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - NATIVE TWIN-RIGGER. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - RESIDENCES ARE SET AMIDST GROWTH LIKE THIS. RAAF SURVEY FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. TRACY)

PORT MORESBY - PAPUAN NATIVES UNLOADING SHIP AT JETTY, THOUGH SMALL, THEY ARE WIRY AND STRONG. I SAW ONE BOY CARRY THREE 160 LB BAGS OF COPRA THE LENGTH OF THE JETTY AND DUMP THEM ON A HEAP BEING ..

Flying Officers 260275 Godfrey Ellard Hemsworth, and 147 Keith Macdermott Hampshire, both of No 11 Squadron, RAAF, shown flying between Cairns and Port Moresby. Flg Off Hemsworth went missing ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. THE CROSS BESIDE THE LOCAL NATIVE MARKS THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST DEFENSIVE TRENCH ON THE ROAD TO THE BITAPAKA WIRELESS STATION WAS TO BE BUILT. THE BITAPAKA STATION ..