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Marquis De Rays advertisement for his 1832 settlement in New Ireland

1870 Matupi Island

 German New Guinea Crest

German New Guinea flag

1900 Kokopo

1900 local police

1905 shell money

1905 bung

1905 Nakanai

1905 beach scene

1905 Nakanai men

1905 warriors


1913 local troops

1914 Australian invasion fleet

1914 Australian troops

1914 handover

1915 New Britain administrator

1930 Hotel 'Deutscher' Kokopo


1930 Burns Philp store

1930 Palms restaurant

1933 admin boat Franklin

1933 bung

1933 cricket club

1933 transport


1933 harbour scene


1933 Malaguna Ave

1933 Olivebank

1933 Rabaul Club

1937 hour before eruption



1937 Chinese evacuees Kokopo

1937 Lands department

1937 Kokopo jetty

1939 Namanula Hospital


1942 Japanese Malaguna Road


1942 Australian troops Warangoi


1942 Japanese soldier


1942 Japanese shipping

1943 US suppy vessel

1943 US troops Cape Gloucester

1944 Rabaul harbour


1944 Mal Mal discharge


1945 post war


1950 Harbour scene



1950 Japanese supply sub

1959 Colyer Watson

1959 memorial

1959 swimming pool


1959 Rugby League game


1960 Beehives


1960 hair cut

1960 local haus

1960 grass cutters


1960 Rabaul bung

1960 canoe seller

1961 Rabaul riots

1963 berthing wreck wharf


1963 war junk

1965 2 wharves

1965 ANZ bank

1965 cargo vessel pool









 1830  canoe opposite Matupi       

1880 German police

1880 village

1880 local hunters

1895 German marks

1880 missionaries

1913 shell money

1905 canoe

1905 Rabaul avenue


1905 tolai duk duks

1905 sing sing

1913 duk duks

1913 Namanula hospital


1914 German troops

1914 Australian Navy

1914 handover


1918 Australian gun

1930 Kokopo road

1930 government house


1930 Rabaul Club

1933 administrator parade


1933 Chinatown

1933 Customs house

1933 line

1933 Kuo Min Tang Chinese club


1933 Mango Ave

1933 QE park

1933 WR Carpenters

1937 Vulcan eruption


1937 Rabaul Hotel

1937 garden boi

1937 Police bugle band



1939 Namanula Hospital


1942 Japanese attack


1942 Japanese general

1942 Japanese zero aircraft


1942 Montevideo Maru


1943 General Yamamoto


1943 Australian troops


1944 Betty bombers

1944 bombing run


1950 cemetery

1945
1950 Cosmo hotel

1959 airport sign

    1959 Kokopo club


1959 Police station

1959 port scene

1960 Rabaul races

1960 Beth & Sue

1960 funeral


1960 Malaguna road

1960 Mother

1960 Rabaul bung


1960 Rabaul races


1961 riots


1963 DC3 side saddle


    1963 wharf area

1965 Rabaul airport

1965 boarding party

1965 Cenotaph


                         

 













  

 


1900 De Ray's expedition

1880 village scene

1880 local canoe

1880 local parade

1912 German map

1902 Rabaul wharf

1905 New Ireland canoe




1905 coconut plantation


1905 Rabaul harbour


1905 tolai fisherman

1905 village scene

1913 German Naval squadron


1914 Australian submarine AE1

1914 German reservists


1914 Australian casualties


1914 Rabaul wharf

1923 plantation house


1930 Malaguna road

1930 Regent theatre

1933 Bank NSW

1933 Casuarina Ave

1933 family scene

1933 harbour scene
1933 main whar repairs

1933 New Guinea Club

1933 QE park


1936 Rabaul Club

1937 week 3 after eruption


1937 volcanic ash


1937 digging pumice from village


1937 post eruption


1937 Guinea airways




1939 Main Avenue

1942 Japanese officers


1942 Japanese aircraft





1942 attacking Vunakanau airstrip


1943 Japanese shipping


1943 USAF bombers




1944 Japanese map


1944 US troops Cape Gloucester




1950 Chinatown




1950 Japanese gun




1959 Army football club

1959 Matupit locals


1959 town scene

1959 Rabaul surf

1960 Bainings visit

1960 Buka lads


1960 aircraft arrival



1960 Mango avenue

1960 Matupit volcano

1960 New Guinea club


1960 inside New Guinea club



1960 bookmakers

1961 Rabaul bung

1963 tunnel hill


1964 US helicopter


1965 Andy Patterson Customs

1965 canoe selling

1965 Chinese dragon