New Guinea. Barefoot and with rolled-up trousers the Minister for Labour and External ...

Accession Number 016986
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 19 April 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

New Guinea. Barefoot and with rolled-up trousers the Minister for Labour and External Territories, Mr Ward, wearing a pith helmet, stands on the beach of a native village with an Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit general. Mr Ward is visiting New Guinea on an inspection of native conditions.