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Rabaul
These photographs (by W. A. Hornberg) show Rabaul almost seven years after the “peace”—ten years after the Jap invasion. One may well ask: “Where is that garden town of the 30’s—the pretty bungalows—the neat public buildings?”
The explanation is that Rabaul, officially, is “temporary” and that, someday, a new town will be built about 30 miles away.
An abandoned Japanese naval gun on the heights above Rabaul looks down on the harbour.
(Left): Acute housing shortage results in some unusual dwellings. (Right): A wrecked Jap ship (Centre) is now a wharf for small copra ships.
(Left): Jap landing craft rust away at what was known as the “German” wharf—now burnt. (Right): Rabaul’s China town is built of any old scrap material.