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Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..

Namanula, New Britain. c. 1915. Government House and the Overseer's House as seen from the residence of the Director of the Rabaul Botanic Gardens. (Donor J.R. Travers)

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1915. Thick undergrowth and shrubs in a corner of the Botanic Gardens. This healthy growth was typical of the whole area

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The site of a fire trench on the Kabakaul to Bitapaka Road

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd stands on the airfield watching women and children board the tri-motor Junkers 31 aircraft VH-UOV owned by Bulol Gold Dredging Ltd. This aircraft evacuated ..

Salamaua, New Guinea. 1941-12. A crowd of people stand outside the airport hangar as women and children are evacuated from Salamaua, following the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour. The women and ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Aircrew of `A' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, in front of one of the squadron's Beaufighter aircraft. Left to right: Standing: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Nelson, Sergeant ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1943-11-02. Aerial photograph of the town with wisps of smoke and a damaged building in the foreground during an air attack by seventy-five Mitchell aircraft covered by ..

A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft (MK 1 C, A19-15, `O') of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in flight returning to Port Moresby after a raid on Lae. The pilot was Flying Officer Brazenor and the navigator was ..

c. 1943-02. Studio portrait of Pilot Officer Herbert William (Bert) Smith, an intelligence officer with No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Smith had earlier escaped from Rabaul where he had served with 2/22nd ..

Wagga, NSW. c 1947. The outer section of the port (left hand) wing of a Beaufort bomber aircraft showing Japanese Kanji characters painted on the underside of the wing. The message was painted from ..

Ward's Airfield, Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Informal group portrait of ground crew of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside a refuelling tanker on the strip. Left to right: on tanker: Sergeant Wally Bell, ..