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Aro natives clearing bushland during the Anglo-Aro War.

Aro men in loincloths clearing thick forest overgrowth under direction of colonial forces

This photograph, taken by Donald A. MacAlister as part of a series from the Aro Punitive Expedition, shows a group of Aro men clearing forest vegetation with machetes to facilitate British colonial troop movement during the Anglo-Aro War of 1901. …