Identity area
Reference code
AU ANUA 777-457
Title
Hagen-Sepik Patrol in the Tari Basin BW photographs and a note used in the writing of The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938–1939, by Bill Gammage. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press), 1998.
Date(s)
- 1938 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1944 -)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
13 BW photographs of landscapes and Huli people around Hoiyevia. Four photographs of the Ford Trimotor aircar VH-UBI making very low passes over the Hoyievia airstrip (too short for a landing and take off) and dropping sacks of supplies. One photo of Jim Taylor with police and carriers and sacks, One photo of John Black before the airstrip with many on lookers. Note to Bill Gammage about an interview with Lembo, a Huli shot and wounded by H-S police in the absence of the kiaps.