Explorers Find Strange Pigmy Tribe
SYDNEY
An Australian expedition which has just returned from a remote valley in New Guinea reported the discovery of a tribe of pigmies who, they thought, were descended from the ancient Egyptians. The pigmies were found in the Jimmi River Valley, which is bounded on the north by the Bismark Mountains and on the south by the Waghi Divide.
The expedition also found a group of natives with markedly Semitic features and in the area which they inhabited a number of stone relics of ait apparently more civilised age. Tlffi leader of the expedition, Mr. John Hailstron. son of a well-known Sydney philanthropist, brought back two birds of previously unknown species. One was a crimson bird of paradise, the other a small green parrot with brilliant red and yellow markings. They will be presented to Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo. REUTER
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Grey River Argus, 12 October 1949, Page 8
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