b'101599THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN NEW GUINEAGovernment Gazettes From German New Guineac1914-1918. Twenty-four (24) letterpress gazettes,31 x 21.5cm (approx. each). Slight water damage, stains.This collection comprises of:(1) Amtsblatt fr Das Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Neuguinea(Government Gazette For The Protectorate of German New Guinea), nos. 1 to 17 [Jan.-Sept.], 1914;and,(2) The Rabaul Record, vol. III, nos. 1 to 7 [Jan.-July], 1918. German New Guinea was a protectorate of Germany from 1884 until 1914, when it fell to Australian forces following the outbreak of WWI.On 11 September 1914, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces captured Kaiser-Wilhemsland. It was the only significant battle in New Guinea.Australia suffered six dead and four wounded; the first Australian military casualties of World War One.$2,5003,000 600JOHN ALFRED SEARS,Photographer (1866 - 1947)FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PASSING OUR DOORS.March of First Expeditionary Force Through Melbourne 596Sept. 25. 1914Sears PhotoSuperb original photograph showing the men marching past601Buckley & Nunns (who appear to have commissioned thisGALLIPOLI souvenir scarf A Souvenir Of The Great World War image), watched by huge crowds who are lining both sides ofAnd The Glorious Part Played By Australia And New Zealand the street. with flags and scene of the Gallipoli landing and the wreck of the 39 x 61cm (15 x 24) surrounded by the original lettered mountEmden after her fight with The Sydney of the Cocos Islands.and in the original frame, overall 63 x 78cm. Housed in a fine Australian blackwood Folk Art style frame with [Rehoused by The Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation,gilt slip.University of Melbourne.] scarf 46 x 60cm, 83 x 102cm overall$2,5003,000 $600800601'