P02759.011
Image copyright:
Copyright expired - public domain
This image is in the Public Domain
- ID number
- P02759.011
- Photographer
- Unknown
- Object type
- Black & white - Print silver gelatin
- Place made
- Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
- Date made
- 19 February 1942
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. SS Neptuna later exploded and sank while the Barossa was towed clear of the explosion and was later salvaged.
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