Bend in the river at Waigani

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number ART22378
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 40.6 x 44.4 cm; frame: 57.3 x 61 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay, Waigani
Date made October 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Dargie noted this was the "Site of the native prison camp. The Superintendent was an ex-missionary who had joined the army as a Warrant Officer".