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National Geographic : 1951 Nov
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6560o .Saidor Kiar y** "*- . i iari Peninsula EA .dzab Java, Sea. Sumba>? I m iTOce a.iT 0 400 800 STATUTEMILES S / .... Haimahera S&I A ceram " ' Baitd&a S res BS /J Timor Pac fi- c Equator Ocea C- Bisnmrck Sea, New Britain e , GuineTaAra Bougainville I A--i" Solomon S\ Moresby. .Kooda .Islands Ara r a Sea. TorresStrait CapeYork [. CapeYork Owen Stanley taj, <" / 1< Range Darwin J Gr , 0,. /: 70 of . /- fCarpentAmria. AUSTR A I SCor a. Sea, Cairns A ,P1 663 Drawn by II. E. Eastwood and Irvin E. Alleman New Guinea's Mountains and Valleys Are Still Largely Unexplored During 103 days of collecting, the author found more than 20 unknown birds, climbed a 15,400-foot peak never before scaled, and visited pockets of aboriginal cultures no white man had ever seen before. Mr. Gilliard ranged the Kubors, Mount Hagen, and Mount Wilhelm. Upper portion of map shows his exploration area. lic ram. Around it were thatched native houses and flocks of healthy sheep, carried in by plane from Australia (page 670). This was Nondugl, established in 1947 by Ned Blood with the backing of E. J. L. Hall strom, Australian manufacturer, naturalist, and philanthropist.* Through shipments of livestock and plant seeds to the Wahgi, native agriculture and diet are improved; from Nondugl, in return, many rare animals and birds have been sent to the Taronga Zoo. At Nondugl, under Blood's direction, has been gathered the greatest collection of birds of paradise ever seen by man. Many have been conditioned to cage life, then transported by air and coastal steamer to Sydney. Though commercial shipment of birds of paradise has been banned by law since the 1920's, the Government still permits a limited number to be taken out for scientific study. * See "Sheep Airlift in New Guinea," 16 ills., NA TIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, December, 1949. Alexishan Bis marc kSe a, Aexishaen Crown Island Long +4278 t" Island Lstrolabe t> T>--- ^ \^" New Ireland
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