Australian War Memorial 096520. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-13. CHINESE CIVILIANS, INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE AT A CAMP 15 MILES WEST OF RABAUL, WERE CONTACTED BY A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND RED CROSS OFFICIALS SOON AFTER THE ARRIVAL AT RABAUL OF A FORCE FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE TO OCCUPY THE AREA. A GROUP OF CHINESE WOMEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN. MANY OF THE SMALLER CHILDREN WERE BORN IN THE CAMP AND SOME OF THE OLDER ONES, UP TO THREE YEARS, HAD NEVER SEEN WHITE EUROPEANS BEFORE MEETING THE CONTACT PARTY.