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Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A nursery area in the Botanic Gardens

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A Ficus Retusa tree in the Botanic Gardens. This tree has at least three common names, Chinese Banyan, Indian Laurel Fig and Curtain Fig

Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a river at the base of a small waterfall near Vivigani Airfield. Left to right: 422062 Flying Officer (FO) ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The Treasury building which had been the property of the German chemist Paw

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Vegetation on the path leading from the Botanic Gardens to Namanula where Government House was situated

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A section of the Rabaul waterfront. The big building was the German New Guinea Company and the place with the small tower was the Post Office

New Guinea. c. 1944. Three sisters, members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), a male doctor and a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) (left) outside a tented ..

Simpson Harbour, New Britain. c. 1915. A collection of vessels in the harbour off Rabaul

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The main entrance to the Botanic Gardens. An avenue of King Palms leads towards the residence of the Gardens' Director visible in the distance

Near Port Moresby, New Guinea. Portrait of 252288 Flight Lieutenant Stuart H. Collie RAAF who was an intelligence officer with No. 75 Squadron at Port Moresby, sitting bare-chested on his motorbike ..

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. A long avenue in the Botanic Gardens. The peak of Mount Mother can be seen in the right background

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1914. War grave of Lieutenant Commander C.B. Elwell, RN, killed in action 1914-09-11. (Donor J.J. Cummins)