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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 11

Two Girl Students From

p. 56 · Read in the full issue

New Britain

Two native girls of New Britain, Vakuar and Yanmur (both from Matupit.

Rabaul). who are students in Sydney.

Mr. C. H. Meen, with his übiquitous camera, found them while they were visiting Sydney’s Royal Easter Show. if A recent visitor to Rabaul was Mr. A. C. Vallentine, who holds a

Fullbright Scholarship at the

National University in Canberra, and was on his way to West Nakanai (on the Cape Hoskins Pen insula ), to join the other anthro pologists established there. He is accompanied by Mrs. Vallentine who. also an anthropologist, has been sponsored by the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. They will spend six months at Nakanai.