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1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING A JEEP CHASSIS BEING UNPACKED AT THE FACTORY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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

1944-01-26. SERGEANT H. R. MARTIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT PHOTOGRAPHED NEAR A 20 TON TANK TRANSPORTER AT THE FACTORY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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

KELANOA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/15TH INFANTRY BATTALION WASHING THEIR CLOTHES AND SWIMMING IN THE FRESH WATER AT THE MOUTH OF THE SAZOMU RIVER, AFTER HAVING MARCHED FROM SIO ..

LITHGOW, NSW. 1944-01-25. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING FORGINGS BEING REMOVED FROM A SHOT BLASTING MACHINE BY MR E. C. MOORE AT THE SMALL ARMS FACTORY

GOALING RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. A SECTION OF THE LINES OF "A" COMPANY, PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER. THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN IN ACTION AT NASSAU BAY, TAMBU, SALAMAUA, ..

NEWCASTLE, NSW. 1944-01-28. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES WATCHING A HEAVY DUTY LATHE IN OPERATION AT THE BROKEN HILL PTY. WORKSHOPS

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES PLAYING WITH A TAME CHIMPANZEE AT THE TARONGA PARK ZOO

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES FEEDING THE GUANACO WHILE ON A VISIT TO THE TARONGA PARK ZOO DURING THEIR TOUR OF THE WAR FACTORIES IN THE ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. RAAF 08 TYPE CRASH LAUNCH. THE COLOUR SCHEME, BLACK AND YELLOW, WAS ESSENTIAL FOR VISIBILITY FROM THE AIR