Members of the exploration party and two aeroplane pilots, Hagen Landing Ground [Central New Guinea], 1933 [picture].

Title devised by cataloguer based on caption label.; "Members of the exploration party that travelled from Bina Bina to examine the unknown country and to search for gold and two aeroplane pilots photographed at Hagen Landing Ground before a Junkers monoplane that had just brought food supplies etc. from Lae, a distance of 210 miles. Reading from left to right are Messers D.J. Leahy, prospector, C.R. Gurney, pilot, K.L. Spinks, surveyor, E. Chater, pilot, J.L. Taylor, Asistant District Officer and M.J. Leahy, prospector. The natives to be seen were used as carriers for the party."--Typed label below photograph.; Part of the collection: Photographs of a surveying expedition to Mount Hagen, Central New Guinea, 1933.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3261262