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Apparatus for testing respirators (Cartridge Bundling Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of apparatus for testing respirators, government agencies, Commonwealth Expolsives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22601
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Assembling gas masks (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of unidentified women assembling gas masks and respirators, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22598
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Assistant Monitress, Detonator Section, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong (Mrs Sylvia Wood)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of Mrs Sylvia Wood, Assistant Monitress, Detonator Section, Commonwealth Explosives Factory. An assistant monitress during her shift is actually a deputy for the monitress and concer...ART22595
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Bombadier Walter Fenton relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Fenton, Walter Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War. Walter Fenton discusses: early life in India; emigrate to Australia 1910; prewar employment; enlist in the Citze...S02041
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Capping machine, Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of a capping machine, Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29601
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Chargeman in the soldering bay (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of an unidentified chargeman in soldering bay, detonator section, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22592
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Chargeman, soldering bay Detonator section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of a chargeman in the 'soldering bay', Detonator section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29598
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Chargemen (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Chargemen W Fanning and T McLellan working at a bench packing detonators at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory at Maribyrnong, Victoria. These men wearing scarlet uniforms are painting, labelling and...ART26106
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Chargemen painting Detonator section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of unidentified chargemen painting detonators in the soldering section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29599
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Chargemen painting, labelling and tipping detonators (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Charge painting, labelling and tipping before final packing of detonators to services. The chargemen wear a uniform of bright red, with a yellow band on the left arm on which is a black letter, "C". G...ART22579
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Closing and Flattening Bay, Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Closing and Flattening Bay, Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong.ART29658
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Closing bay Closing and flattening bay, Detonator section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts an unidentified women working in the' Closing and flattening bay' in the 'Detonator section' of the Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29597
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3.7 cm PAK 36 Armour Piercing Projectile, Sectioned
Technology
A 37 mm calibre (2 pound weight) armour piercing projectile that has a 120 degree lengthwise section removed to show internal construction. The pointed steel projectile is 102 mm long and has a copper...REL22872
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Container production Room (Cartridge Bundling Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of machinery in Container Production Room, Cartridge Bundling Section, government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22602
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Cordite room, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Flett, James
A corner of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART26019
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Cordite sheeting machine
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
In 1940 Emerson Curtis visited the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, at Maribyrnong, Melbourne. He described the works as '...five to six hundred separate buildings, each designed for some special purp...ART23072
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Cutting and scraping (Women workers in T.N.T. Room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of unidentified women at work bench in the T.N.T room, High Explosives Section, Explosives Factoury, Maribynrnong, Victoria.ART22569
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Electric closing machine (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Ten girls including an Army inspector. work in this bay, where 9000 detonators are handled in a single operation. Closing and Flattening Bay, Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22580
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[Figure]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Incomplete sketch of a figure, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29646
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[Figure pulling up sock]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Figure pulling up sock, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29637
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[figure studies]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of women in heavy work wear, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29652
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[Figure studies]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Figure studies, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29650
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[figure studies]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Figure studies, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29648
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[Figure tying shoe lace]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Figure tying shoe lace, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29636
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Filling trench mortar shells with T. N. T. high explosive
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Trinitrotoluene (or TNT) was the most commonly used explosive in the Allied forces. This drawing shows it being poured into shells in a liquid form in order that the whole space of the shell was occup...ART23073
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Foreman Carpenter Andrew Smyth
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of Andrew Smyth, foreman carpenter, Detonator Section, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22594
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Girl at the electric closing machine (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of an unidentified women sitting at the electric closing, in the Closing and Flattening Bay, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22585
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Girl from reeling room, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of a hirl from Reeling room, Commonwealth explosive factory, MaribyrnongART29627
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Girl from reeling room Hand reeling room, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of an a unidentified female munitions worker sitting on stairs with her hands around her knees wearing overalls and a hair net, Reeling room, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrn...ART29593
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[Girls at work in the closing and flattening bay], Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts three unidentified girls at work in the closing and flattening bay, Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29600
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Girls at work in the closing and flattening bay (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Closing and Flattening Bay, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong. Depicts unidentified women, they are protected by glass screens through which they to work.ART22582
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Hand reeling room
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of the equipment in the Hand reeling room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29611
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Hand reeling room
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of the equipment in the Hand reeling room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29610
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Hand reeling room
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of four hand reels being operated in the Hand reeling room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29613
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Hand reeling room
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Studies of the equipment in the Hand reeling room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29612
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Hand reeling room
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a painting of two unidentified women, Hand reeling room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART29609
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Heads for testing respirators (Cartridge Bundling Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of heads or jigs used for testing gas masks, government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22599
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[High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Two women are seated working together, we see a full portrait of one of the women from lower left side and the other a half portrait from the right side. These women are working at the High Explosives...ART29670
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[High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29669
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[High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29668
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Hunter, Norman Harold (b: 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Hunter, Norman Harold
A collection consisting of a manuscript entitled 'Life in a Wartime Detonator Factory', a newspaper article 'Danger on the Home Front', a photograph of Mr Hunter and a commentary oh the photograph. 'L...MSS1506
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Hunter, Norman Harold (Civilian scientist)
Private Record
Maker: Hunter, Norman Harold
Revised copy of a memoir on the "Home Front" war experience titled: "Life in a Wartime Detonator Factory (Further Observations)" by Norman H. Hunter, a civilian working as a chemist at the Explosives ...PR01313
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3 inch Mark II T Anti-Aircraft Projectile
Technology
A 3 inch calibre, Mark II T, high explosive, projectile as used in the 20 hundredweight anti-aircraft gun that was in service (with various modifications ) from 1914 to 1945. The projectile is 270 mm ...REL22929
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Japanese good luck flag : Naval engineer officer Kensaburo Kihara
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed rayon Japanese national flag presented to Imperial Japanese Navy engineer Second Lieutenant Kensaburo Kihara as symbol of good luck. Large characters across the top translate 'Going into the g...REL41180
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[Machine in munitions factory]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Machine in munitions factory, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29673
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[Man dressing]
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Man dressing, Commonwealth explosive factory, Maribyrnong.ART29639
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MARIBYRNONG, VIC. A BUILDING AND OIL STORAGE TANK AT THE NAVAL STORES DEPOT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL ...
Photograph
Maker: Naval Public Relations Section
MARIBYRNONG, VIC. A BUILDING AND OIL STORAGE TANK AT THE NAVAL STORES DEPOT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)304366
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MARIBYRNONG, VICTORIA, 1943-04. AN EYE OPERATION, UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHETIC, BEING PERFORMED AT ...
Photograph
MARIBYRNONG, VICTORIA, 1943-04. AN EYE OPERATION, UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHETIC, BEING PERFORMED AT NO. 3 AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY HOSPITAL BY MAJOR D. MURNANE, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE HOSPITAL (SECOND...051328
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40 mm Bofors Mk 12/1 Anti Aircraft Gun
Technology
The Bofors Mk 12/1 is a later conversion of the Bofors Mk 1 anti aircraft gun carried out by the Bristol Aircraft Company. The cradle consists of a gun mount with all-round traverse and elevation bein...REL23790