Black and white photographs of Papua New Guinea, depicting landscapes, aeroplanes and airstrips, goldmines and indigenous people. Places depicted include Rabaul, Salamaua, Wau, Lae, Bulolo, Durantina, and Watut. The photographs were taken by R N Wilson, and have handwritten identifying notes on the back of each.
| Number | Date | Description (from notes on the back of the photographs) |
| 1 | 1937 | Rabaul eruption - a nearby village and a house collapsed under the weight of pumice |
| 2 | 1937 | Native dwelling - Rabaul eruption |
| 3 | 1937 | Rabaul Harbour - Vulcan building |
| 4 | 1937 | Vulcan eruption in Rabaul Harbour 1937 |
| 5 | 1937 | MV Montoro disembarking evacuees off Kokoto. She had taken about 6000 evacuees from Rabaul on at Nordup the day before eruption 1937. Second mate was Brett Hilder (See his navigator in the South Seas) |
| 6 | 1935 | Matupi Crater - an active volcano in Rabaul c1935 |
| 7 | 1937 | Rabaul eruption 1937 |
| 8 | 1937 | Rabaul eruption 1937 |
| 9 | 1934 | Salamaua c1934 looking east. Logui Village in background |
| 10 | 1934 | Salamaua - NG about 1934. Airfield in background |
| 11 | 1934 | New Guinea - Miners celebrate Xmas at Wau 1934. W R C is really W R Carpenter (Pty Ltd) |
| 12 | 1934 | Wau (PNG) Hotel c1934, Proprietress "Ma" Stewart, "Ma" 2nd from right. The two little girls are her daughters, Flora (older) and Ela |
| 13 | 1936 | PNG. Right is Jim Collopy, 1st Superintendent of Civil Aviation, Salamaua |
| 14 | 1935 | July 1937. Amelia Earhart at Lae, NG before take-off to cross N. Pacific. This is the last sight of her |
| 15 | 1935 | NG c1935. Women crossing the Wampit River on the way home from their gardens |
| 16 | 1934 | End of Salamaua Isthmus from Kila c1934 |
| 17 | 1934 | New Guinea c1934. Lae-Salamaua area |
| 18 | 1934 | Dancing at Lae about 1934 |
| 19 | 1936 | Stinson on Wau strip 1936 |
| 20 | 1936 | Wau 1936 - Crashed Stinson Pilot Johnny Robins facing camera, talking to Superintendent Civil Aviation, Jim Collopy |
| 21 | 1936 | Wau 1936. Another view of the Stinson crash |
| 22 | 1936 | Wau airfield 1936. Stinson crashed into building at bottom of airfield. Johnny Robins, pilot |
| 23 | 1936 | Wau Airstrip c1936 |
| 24 | 1934 | Wau. Ray Parers, centenary race planes (Napiers) |
| 25 | 1934 | Lae NG c1934. Loading the Ford through a top hatch |
| 26 | 1934/5 | Wau airstrip 1934-1935. Ford aircraft in foreground |
| 27 | 1936 | NG 1936. Slate Creek, upper Watut mining field. The bogged Ford airplane being hauled back to dry ground |
| 28 | 1934 | Bulolo, NG c1934. Unloading the Junkers of dredge machinery through top hatch |
| 29 | 1934 | NG 1934. At Norm White’s mine site - upper Watut |
| 30 | 1934 | A bush camp - Bulolo Valley c1934 |
| 31 | n.d. | Day Dawn South Edie Creek NG - Goldmine |
| 32 | 1934 | NG Day Dawn South Edie Creek c1934 - Gold mining |
| 33 | 1935 | NG. A drilling team on the Wampit River. Gold mining c1935, testing for dredging ground |
| 34 | 1935 | NG. Operating a crude drill on the Wampit River Valley |
| 35 | 1934 | Drill testing for dredging field at Durantina c1935 |
| 36 | 1934 | Edie Creek NG c1934 |
| 37 | 1934 | New Guinea. Durantina airstrip about 1934 being constructed |
| 38 | 1934 | NG c1934. Visitors to construction site on Durantina airstrip |
| 39 | 1934 | Durantina strip NG 1934. Pilot Bob Wilson taking Junkers off |
| 40 | 1934 | Durantina (NG) strip completed. Bob Wilson lands the Junkers[an inline 6 cylinder engine] |
| 41 | 1934 | NG c1934. A Ramu man visits the Durantina airstrip site |
| 42 | 1934 | NG. Bridge over the Watut River, built by Bulolo Gold Development Pty Ltd. Joins Lae-Bulolo Rd |
| 43 | 1948 | Branch of Bulolo - Lae Rd 1948. Approach to bridge over Watut built by Bulolo Gold Development |
| 44 | 1948 | NG c1948. Watut bridge collapsed under loaded timber truck no 2 |
| 45 | 1948 | NG c1948. Watut bridge collapsed under loaded timber truck No 1 |
| 46 | 1950 | New Guinea c1950. Golden Pines - Upper Watut |
| 47 | 1948 | Bulolo NG c1948. First attempt at veneers. This lot was used for battery plate separators |
| 48 | 1948 | New Guinea c1948. A logging equipment shed at Bulolo BGD |
| 49 | 1948 | New Guinea c1948. Native labour quarters at Golden Pines, Slate Creek BGD timber enterprise |
| 50 | 1948 | New Guinea c1948. The truck that went through the Watut bridge |
