PAPUAN EXPLORATION
SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT. SOURCES OP RIVERS FOUND. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) CANBERRA, May 25. The Federal Home and Territories Department has received a copy of a resolution from the London Missionary Society congratulating the Papuan Government upon the successful exploratory expedition across the heart of this great island and the discovery by two of its officers (Messrs C. Karius and I. Champion) of' the sources of the Fly and Sepik Rivers. The opinion is expressed that this achievement is the greatest in Papuan history. —Australian Press Association.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20418, 26 May 1928, Page 11
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