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Tagged: Papua New Guinea

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NFSA Stories: Explorer Jack Hides in Papua New Guinea
The NFSA's Teilo Nicholls discovered a recording in the collection featuring the voice of his great uncle – a well-known explorer in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s.
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Leslie Waterhouse in 1930s New Guinea
Michael Waterhouse is sharing rare 1930s film shot by his grandfather on the Papua New Guinea goldfields. He talks about tracking down and reconstructing his grandfather’s films.
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NFSA Stories: Frank Hurley's Pearls and Savages
A visit to the NFSA gave one family history researcher the chance to learn more about the adventures of her great uncle in the early 1920s.
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‘What are you taking pictures for?’
Les McLaren is one of a group of Australian filmmakers who made significant documentaries in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s–1990s. We talked with him about their legacy.
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Jack Hides' expedition in Papua
the announcer introduces Jack Hides, who gives a description of his 1935 expedition to the Strickland-Purari region of Papua, the last large unexplored area.
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Pearls and Savages
A shot of Hurley’s boat and his seaplane being unloaded off a ship from Sydney at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby. The people in their canoes help Hurley with his plane. Summary by Liz McNiven
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First Contact: Gramophone
Michael Leahy’s photographs and footage show the highlanders surrounding and looking at a gramophone (with a 1930s recording of ‘Looking on the Bright Side of Life’ playing on the soundtrack). In an...
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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism: PK chant
Islanders play cricket as the narrator (Jerry W Leach) explains the local customs of the game. One team gets an opposing player out then performs the 'PK’ chant, then an exit dance. Summary by Pat...
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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism: Kayasa
‘Mission games’, like soccer and cricket, are played by the Trobriand Islanders in 1950. A group of modern men talk about how they play the game of cricket and the differences from the way they were...
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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism: Blind Man and Tapioca
Islanders on the 'Blind Man’ team dance in formation with arms outstretched, performing an entrance ritual to start the game. This is contrasted by historical footage of Allied soldiers marching in...
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