Photo Gallery
MV Elmore was built in 1949 as a general cargo vessel at Walker's Shipyard, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia for the Australian Shipping Board. In 1966 she was sold to Bougainville Trading Company Pty. Ltd., Rabaul, Papua New Guinea and re-named MV Nukumanu. Until her sale in 1974, she was operated by Terence and Anne Wood, collecting copra and cocoa from plantations along the Bougainville coast
Japanese World War II anti-aircraft gun emplacement, Pohndolap Area, Sokehs Island, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Overlooking the state capital, Kolonia, this north-south ridge was fortified by the Japanese during the war. They also built a road known as the "Artillery Road" to the ridge's summit.
View of northern Tumon Bay, Guam from Two Lovers Point, Tamuning. This prominent cape is part of the limestone plateau that forms the northern part of Guam.
View towards Kolonia from Nett Point, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia,
Kepirohi Waterfall, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, is Pohnpei's most famous and most photographed waterfall.
Buka Courthouse, Buka town, Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea (PNG) location of the District and National Courtrooms, and associated administration offices. The justice system in the AROB, comprising the District and National Courts, is under PNG's control.
Tuna being unloaded from a purse-seine fishing vessel at Majuro, Marshall Islands. It has been estimated that at least 30 per cent of PNG's annual tuna catch is taken in maritime waters associated with Bougainville, which would value this catch at over USD300 million/year.
The late Sir Alexis Sarei (left), former chairman of the Bougainville Resistance Force, the late Hilary Masiria (centre) and Hon. Thomas Soagai (right) at Gagan Village, Buka, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, 1998.
(Photo Credit: Jan Gammage, 25/1/1998 - courtesy of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau).
View from Lonahan Village towards Cape Tanabom, east coast of Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Ieasala Beach, Malasang Village, Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Liduduhniap Twin Waterfalls, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
View from the ridge, Pohndolap Area, Sokehs Island towards Pohnpei Airstrip (PNI), and the causeway to Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
Sokehs Rock, Sokehs Island, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
View from the beach at Tulein Plantation towards Petats Island, west coast of Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Female New Guinea Birdwing butterfly feeding on flower nectar, Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Male New Guinea Birdwing butterfly, Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Sunset over the Sepik River at Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (1978).
Haus Tambaran, Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (1978).
Totem pole at Haus Tambaran, Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (1978).