Road building above Rouna Falls

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Laloki River Area, Rouna
Accession Number ART29906
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 21.6 x 17.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 21 August 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Personnel from 2/6 Field Engineers are shown building a road above Rouna Falls. These falls were well known to Australian soldiers in 1942 making their way from Port Moresby up to the Sogeri Plateau and Owers' Corner where the Kokoda track begins.