This film follows Assistant District Officer James Sinclair and his team of patrol officers, constables, carriers, interpreters and medical personnel as they journey from the furthest outpost of Koroba into the unknown high interior of New Guinea. Working on behalf of the Australian Government, their job is to explore and survey the Strickland River and beyond, and to make first contact with the people living in the area and introduce them to western culture.

(1958, 43 minutes) An Australian National Film Board Production. Made for the Department of Territories by the Commonwealth Film Unit assisted by Supreme Sound Studios and the Department of Civil Aviation.

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