title As keen as ever Ern McQuillan: on assignmentwith a camera
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Photo: Along the Pumice Trail
 

Along the Pumice Trail 1951

by Ern McQuillan (b.1926)
gelatin silver photograph

The Mt Lamington volcanic explosion of 1951 killed thousands of New Guineans. The mother of this family had been killed, leaving the father and two children. McQuillan arrived in Papua New Guinea the day after the disaster, shooting for Consolidated Press. This shot was highly commended in the news section of the 1901–1951 Jubilee Press Photographers exhibition.
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