Narrative and photographs.
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Narrative and photographs.
Date Range:
1930
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1931
Collection: Captain Alexander James Hunter
Quantity:
2cm,
1
Photograph album
Series Identifier: AA145/01
'Across the Bismark Mountains into the interior of New Guinea 1930-1931'
A record of the first exploratory patrol on the upper Ramu River [Papua New Guinea]. A grey 337x252 mm album with 28 photos attached to illustrate the trip.
The volume is complimented by AA 145/5, a typescript of the narrative associated with these photographs.
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Included Items
AA 145/1/1/1 -
Volume cover title 'A journey into the interior of New Guinea 1930-31. AJ Hunter.'
AA 145/1/1/1a -
Introductory notes.
AA 145/1/1/2 -
Five men making river crossing.
AA 145/1/1/3 -
Landscape with mountainous background.
AA 145/1/1/4 -
Two slightly different Landscapes: wide river crossing with mountainous background.
AA 145/1/1/5 -
Landscape with river channels.
AA 145/1/1/6 -
Landscape river channels.
AA 145/1/1/7 -
Landscape river channels.
AA 145/1/1/8 -
Landscape grassy hills.
AA 145/1/1/9 -
Landscape, hills with patrol in foreground.
AA 145/1/1/10 -
Landscape with hill top village and gardens.
AA 145/1/1/11 -
Close up of a group of armed Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/12 -
A village scene.
AA 145/1/1/13 -
Landscape a hill top village.
AA 145/1/1/14 -
A Patrol Officer with four Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/15 -
Group photograph: A large group of armed Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/16 -
Group photograph: seated men and boys.
AA 145/1/1/17 -
Group photograph: armed Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/18 -
Group photograph: armed Papua New Guinean men in the village.
AA 145/1/1/19 -
Three Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/20 -
Five Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/21 -
Four armed Papua New Guinean men.
AA 145/1/1/22 -
Landscape, showing steepness of hills.
AA 145/1/1/23 -
Landscape of hills and valleys.
AA 145/1/1/24 -
Group photograph. Many men in the village.
AA 145/1/1/25 -
Landscape, carriers beside a water fall.
AA 145/1/1/26 -
Group photograph, many carriers and Papua New Guinean police crossing a fast running torrent.
AA 145/1/1/27 -
A waterfall.
AA 145/1/1/28 -
Group photograph, river crossing.