page_title: Redscar Bay
section_title: History and archaeology
hierarchical_section_title: Redscar Bay / History and archaeology
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir Peter Scratchley's Camp, near mouth of Aroa River, Redscar Bay.
context_page_description: Redscar Bay is a bay to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, extending for about 4 miles between Cape Suckling and Redscar Head, also situated between Kekeni Rocks and Lagava Island.
context_section_description: Gold was first discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1852 as accidental traces in pottery from Redscar Bay on the Papua Peninsula. Since, numerous items have been discovered in the bay area, and the British Museum is in possession of 44 items, mainly arrows, and spears, an adze, a cooking pot, a necklace, a skirt, and a paddle. Sir Peter Scratchley led an expedition to the area in 1885. The Rogers Airfield was located near the bay and several planes crashed nearby during World War II, including P-39D Airacobra 41-6945, P-39F Airacobra 41-7136, B-25H Mitchell 43-4341, P-47D Thunderbolt, and P-47D "Hi Topper" 42-8081.
caption: Sir Peter Scratchley's Camp near the bank of the Aroa and Redscar Bay in 1885
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