Frank Hurley Papuan Photographs - Australian Museum

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Image Gallery: Frank Hurley Papuan Photographs

Spectacular photographs created by professional photographer and film maker Frank Hurley during two expeditions to Papua from 1921 to 1923. Hurley photographed people, houses, artefacts, mountain scenes and mission stations in Milne Bay, Oro, Central, Gulf and Western Provinces of Papua New Guinea and across the Torres Strait.

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Returning from ceremony, Kerewa village, Gulf Province, PNG

Returning from ceremony, Kerewa village, Gulf Province, PNG

Masked dancers, men's longhouse, Tovei village, Gulf Province, PNG

Masked dancers, men's longhouse, Tovei village, Gulf Province, PNG

Man, Kinomere village, Urama Island, Gulf Province, PNG

Man, Kinomere village, Urama Island, Gulf Province, PNG

Masked dancers, Kinomere village, Gulf Province, PNG

Masked dancers, Kinomere village, Gulf Province, PNG

Raised walkway to uninitiated men's longhouse, Gulf Province, PNG.

Raised walkway to uninitiated men's longhouse, Gulf Province, PNG.

Aerial view, Kaimare village, Purari River, Gulf Province, PNG

Aerial view, Kaimare village, Purari River, Gulf Province, PNG

Men around Eureka, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Men around Eureka, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Kau longhouse exterior, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Kau longhouse exterior, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Kau longhouse, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Kau longhouse, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Man in mourning, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

Man in mourning, Kaimare village, Gulf Province, PNG

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