A modern ambulance and welfare station at Rabaul

dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Unknown
dc.coverage.spatial	Papua New Guinea
dc.coverage.spatial	Rabaul
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-01T22:34:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-01T23:33:42Z
dc.description.abstract	A modern ambulance and welfare station at Rabaul, New Britain. Between June, 1949 and June, 1960, the number of maternity and child welfare clinics rose from 60 to 401, serving 1,612 villages. Through these services, native women are learning that they, too, can play an important part in the welfare and advancement of their people. The Administration is also taking vigorous action along other lines to encourage the advancement of women has been established, with sub-committees in most districts, and 157 women's clubs have been developed. Women may vote in Native Local Government Council elections and in December, 1960, nine women were serving as councillors.
dc.format.medium	photograph
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.identifier	PNG13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/272388
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.provenance	Discovered within the Cartographic archival drawers
dc.relation.ispartofseries	PNG Historic Photographs
dc.title	A modern ambulance and welfare station at Rabaul
dc.type	Image
local.description.notes	A series of 30 photographs discovered within the Cartographic archival drawers - dated July 1959. Source unknown

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