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Man sits in forest on mill grinding stone, two machinery remnants sit on either side of grinding stone, relics from de Rays Expedition, New Ireland, New Guinea, 1930

Inspection of the Guard, from left to right: [Don] Waugh, C Bates (helmet only showing), the Administrator [of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea Evan Alexander Wisdom] (furthest away), [Teddy] Meares (official secretary) and Ball (Assistant District In

Police officers, Lukoi and Melissa, New Ireland, New Guinea, [c1930?]

Group of New Guinean men holding spears, New Ireland, New Guinea, [c1930?]

Native Police ready for inspection of [Evan Alexander Wisdom, administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea?], Kavieng District Office, Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea, Sep 1930

Geohegan[?] and two Chinese[?] men standing in front of a pile of coconut, [New Ireland, c1930?]

Don Honeysett walking along road in front of his bungalow, the ocean to the left, Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea, Nov 1930

View of gaol from Charles Bates house, Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea, Nov 1930

B Muggin and Don Honesett at Lamernawai plantation, west coast, New Ireland, Dec 1930

Water buffaloes on a government plantation, New Ireland, New Guinea, [c1930?]

View of 'House Australia', Don Honeysett's flat is just out of the picture, on the right, Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea, [c1930?]

Three men, one white and two New Guineans, holding Malagans - ceremonial masks, figures and posts, New Ireland, Dec 1930