HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. NATIVES PERFORMING A DANCE CEREMONY AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 072697
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. NATIVES PERFORMING A DANCE CEREMONY AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE MAMBARE DISTRICT OFFICER, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT IN HONOUR OF THE VISIT TO THE AREA OF THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL PARTY. APPROXIMATELY 2,000 NATIVES PARTICIPATED IN THE DANCE WHICH PROGRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING DAY.