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Papuan Wonderland Reveals Hidden Papua Expedition
A 1930s account details Jack Hides and Patrol Officer O’Malley leading a government team into 8000 square miles between the Strickland and Purari rivers in New Guinea. The voyage from Port Moresby to Daru, via Daru and the Fly River, faced jungles, canoes, and hostile terrain as they documented tribes, rites, and the landscape.
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de Menges
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Low Island
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