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Way to a New World

Australia, 1959
film

The old and the new in Papua New Guinea. The traditional way of life in the villages; trade with other villages, the belief in magic, raising garden crops, ma..

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New worlds for old

Australia, 1955
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Man and his world: Papua and New Guinea

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Political, economic and social developments in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. Part 3

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Growing up in New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea: people in change: a social studies resource kit

Australia, 1988
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Boys and girls of Papua and New Guinea

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Artfest: where do we go from here

Papua New Guinea, 1977
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Papua and New Guinea, 1967

Australia, 1967
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Papua and New Guinea

Australia, 1957
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Three faces of New Guinea

Australia, 1966
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Towards unity in Papua and New Guinea

Australia, 1964
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Jungle road

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Time passed them by!

Australia, 1951
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New Caledonia: a land in search of itself

Australia, 1983
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Let's look at New Guinea

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Introduction to Papua New Guinea

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