Soldiers and a native bearer climb the so-called Golden Stairs rising towards Imita Ridge. Each ...

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Accession Number 026837
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Imita
Date made October 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Soldiers and a native bearer climb the so-called Golden Stairs rising towards Imita Ridge. Each step was battened at its edge by a rough log. These were sometimes broken and therefore treacherous, cradling mud and water from afternoon rains.