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Marquis De Rays advertisement for his 1832 settlement in New Ireland
 

 Matupi Island 1880 

 German New Guinea Crest

German New Guinea flag

 1900  Kokopo

German soldiers 1914

Australian gun 1914

 Rabaul wharf 1913  

 ceasefire proclamation 1914

Mango Avenue 1914

Plantation house 1920

1933 Casuarina Ave

Malaguna Avenue

harbour scene

W R Carpenters

Chinatown


Japanese shipping in harbour 1943

 American supply vessel 1944

 Betty bombers 1944

 .Chinatown 1950

town scene 1960

 Airport sign opp. Matupit Is

Matupit Islanders 1955

 Rabaul - New Britain

 swimming pool 1959

 Colyer Watson 1959 

 1963 Tunnel Hill

  Taiwan fishing boat 14 crew 7 bunks, broken down

local pop group 1965 

 sing sing

Mother

 

1938 Main Street 

  2007 

 war memorial 

1959 furniture 

1960 Bainings visit 

 1958 Beth 

 1959

 Cosmo Hotel 1965  

1950

Mango Avenue 1965 

 harbour 1965 

1965 celebrations 

Customs office


1965 vessels




 volcanic map 

 Vunadidir

     town scene 1990

1994  vulcanologists

 1994 Tavurvur blowing

 1994 volcanic ash

 smoking 2007 

  post eruption 2000

2007 volcanic ash

 new airport

Tavurvur smoking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1830  canoe opposite Matupi        First German village contact

German occupation after 1880                  

1880 Missionary & convert                            1900 local police

1900 New Ireland canoe                    1912  shell money & locals

1912  Duk Duks                                                      1912 shell money

                                                  1938 Namanula Hospital

                                            German celebrations 1913 

German troops 1914                                    Australian troops 1914 

Australian sailors 1914              Australian burials 1914

  

 

German sailors & locals 1923                       Rabaul map 1920 

 

1933 transport & Malaguna Tech.

 

1930 Burns Philp store & Government House 

 

Malaguna Road & Regent Theatre  

Palms Restaurant

1937 Vulcan volcanoe eruption   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1937 Rabaul Hotel  & Lands Dept [ volcanic ash ]

    1937 Guinea Airways   


    Chinese evacuees Kokopo


  Japanese Malaguna Road 1942                           Japanese officers 1942        

Japanese soldier                             Chinese/European cemetery 

 

General Hyakutaki                                          Zero aircraft 

 

 Japanese shipping

 

1942 Montevideo Maru


 Japanese gun 1950                                      Police Station 1959  

attacking Japanese shipping 1943     Post war Rabaul town 1945

  Rabaul town & harbour 1955

    Film night 1959                                                          Rabaul town 2007       

      

               
 
   Rugby League game 1959         

                                                                                 sarif grass cutting

 

  New Guinea Club 1959                                  Kokopo Club 1959

 

  1960 Beehives                                                            Buka lads

 

  1960 haircut                                                     1960 Lakunai funeral  

  1960 Mango Avenue                                                     inside Matupi volcano
 

Rabaul Races 1959  

  1960 Bung
 

Rugby League 1959             Kerevat Show 1965  

Chinese Dragon 1965               PNGVR parade 1965  

PIR parade 1965             Cenotaph scene 1959  

Cosmo Hotel 1965                 Mango Avenue 1965  

swimming pool 1965              new Govt. aircon office 1965  

airport scene 1965             ship's boarding party 1965  

 

1965 Golf & Interterritory Rugby League
 

 ship berthing Wreck wharf                              passenger pool cargo boat 

 Golf Club night                              Lions Club project Matupi Is  1965
 

 Japanese tank & Zero aircraft Kavieng 

 

1965 kids playing & Kokopo Rugby game 

 

Te Vega US survey vessel & vessel berthing

  

 1970 Duke of Yorks & airport finals
 

1971 Tsunami 

 

after volcanic eruption 1995  

post eruption 2000   

 

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