SONG RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-26. SIO BOYS FROM THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA PICTURED ...

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Accession Number 071578
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 26 March 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

SONG RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-26. SIO BOYS FROM THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA PICTURED DURING A SING SING IN THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT COMPOUND CELEBRATING RE OCCUPATION OF THE AREA. THE NATIVES WERE IN THEIR OWN PARTICULAR COMMUNITY GROUPS, EACH GROUP WEARING DIFFERENT DRESSES AND GIVING DIFFERENT SING SINGS.