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A battleship's propellors
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Looking under the hull of the British battleship HMS Duke of York, showing two of the four huge propellors. The battleship is in dry dock at Garden Island, undergoing a refit.ART23133
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A cluster of scows at outfitting berth
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
These have been built for service in the islands for the Royal Australian Air Force by Slazengers, formerly sports goods manufacturers now builders of small craft for the Australian, British and Ameri...ART21381
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A.I.F embarking - loading guns
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A busy scene on the wharf at Port Tewfik as guns (with their trailers), trucks and stores are loaded into the holds of a modern freighter, SS Empire Orral. She appears to be a recent vessel, well equi...ART21268
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Aircraft carrier in dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
HMS Indomitable in the Captain Cook Dock, Sydney.ART26037
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At Matruh Habour
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A river gun-boat disembarking troops at Mersa Matruh, Egypt.ART30291
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Building small naval craft, Garden Island
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Small naval craft are being built at the Captain Cook dockyards, Sydney. One boat is mounted on wooden blocks for construction, while another is docked along the wharf, with smoking billowing from th...ART26027
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Destroyers at Garden Island
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A scene in Sydney Harbour from Garden Island, the Australian Naval dockyard, showing the British destroyers, HMS Whelp, Wager and Quillan.ART23135
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Dockworks, Garden Island
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Painted from Royal Australian Naval Headquarters, Potts Point, showing general work in hand on wharfs and their extensions at Wooloomooloo and Garden Island, Sydney.ART21848
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Embarkation Australia - Diak patrol at Kuala Belait
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Maker: Flett, James
Under command of Captain P. Murphy, CBE, 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion (seen loading rations into prau) the patrol proceeded up the Belait River, Borneo, 1945.ART25484
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Embarkation, U.S.S. Mexico
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts unidentified members of 6th Australian Division carrying a full tropical kit, including newly issued 'folding cots', boarding the troop ship U.S.S. Mexico at wharf. A portion of the superstruc...ART23928
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"Fairmile" and RAAF rescue craft at wharf
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
The finished products in their official colours waiting to go out on tests. The Fairmil (background) is a submarine chaser and the other craft are Air-sea rescue craft of the Royal Australian Air Forc...ART21364
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From the bridge of the 'River Murrumbidgee'
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The Whyalla shipyards with the freighter 'River Murray' on the shipway as seen from the bridge of the vessel at the fitting out wharf. The 'River Murray' is under construction and surrounded by scaff...ART22625
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HMAS Ballarat at Yokosuka wharf
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Maker: Goodchild, John
HMAS Ballarat tied up at this wharf on the fourth day of the landing. In the right foreground is the peninsular taken by the British Landing Force.ART22799
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HMS Duke of York in dry dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 35,000 ton battleship of the British Navy, HMS Duke of York, in the Captain Cook graving dock, Garden Island, Sydney.ART23132
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HMS Duke of York in dry dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 35,000 ton British battleship, HMS Duke of York, in the Captain Cook Dock, Garden Island, Sydney, Australia.ART23134
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HMS Indomitable leaving dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The aircraft carrier, HMS Indomitable, a unit of the British Pacific Fleet, is being towed by tugs from the Captain Cook Graving Dock after a refit.ART25930
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Hospital ship "Ramb IV" at Haifa
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Maker: Dargie, William
This hospital ship was seized from the Italians as a reprisal for the deliberate sinking of several of ours. This sketch was executed at the end of the trip on which she evacuated a large number of Au...ART26631
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In dockyard hands
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Undergoing refits at Garden Island are HMA Ships "Westralia" and "Platypus". In the foreground preparations are being made to drive the first pile in a new section of wharfing, Sydney.ART30035
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Island bound troops embarking at Townsville
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of island bound troops embarking at Townsville.ART25647
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Jervis Bay
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Maker: Goodchild, John
View of Jervis Bay from the jetty of the Royal Australian Navy. In the middle distance is the bathing pool and the repair workshop to the right. Jervis Bay is a portion of the Federal Territory on the...ART21842
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Lae Harbour, N.G.
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A view of Lae Harbour from Mount Lunaman, a busy wharf containing two Liberty ships and smaller vessels docking. There are several buildings along the Quay.ART23710
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Launching a new army boat into Rozelle Bay
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Launching by means of a mobile crane, a vessel built by Slazenger's, on the outbreak of war, converted from a tennis racquet makers to the builders of small ships and the craft they built had to be tr...ART21379
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Launching of the 'River Murray' at Whyalla
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Launching of the 'River Murray' at Whyalla. A crowd of people are standing around the vessel and near the wharf for the launch.ART25490
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Loading a Liberty ship at Langemak Bay
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depticts the loading of a Liberty ship at Langemak Bay, Finschhafen, New Guinea. Surrounded by green sea and lush green vegetation the ship is being loaded and unloaded by trucks while docked at a rec...ART23714
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Loading an ore ship
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Iron ore, having travelled from the shore by conveyor belt, falls down the chute directly into the hold of the ship.ART22619
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Loading raw sugar, Mourilyan Harbour
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
One of the most beautiful small harbours of North Queensland, it is approached through a very narrow entrance between jungle green cliffs. A few miles west is the prosperous sugar growing centre of In...ART25654
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Looking down on Port Moresby
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
The waterfront, Port Moresby from A.A Hill, New Guinea.ART23777
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LST Sheridan - loading at Milne Bay
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The landing ship (troops) at Pontoon Wharf taking on troops and supplies for a landing on northern coast of New Guinea. The SS Anshun, a merchantman sunk by Japanese naval forces is seen on her side t...ART25847
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Lunch hour interlude in a factory street
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Factory workers look on as a mobile crane places a new 'refueling launch' on to a jinker for haulage down to the bay, Slazenger's, Alexandria, Sydney. The vessel has been built for the Australian Army...ART21378
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Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Showing the wharves with two submarine-chasers tied up (right), Madang, New Guinea.ART22708
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Man o'war steps
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified sailors are unloading barrels from small vessels at the Man o'war steps in Sydney Harbour.ART23291
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Marine Jetty, Jervis Bay
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Showing two Fairmile submarine chasers tied up at the Royal Australian Naval Jetty at Jervis Bay. To the right and in the distance is HMAS Achilles of the Battle of the River Plate fame. Two air-sea r...ART21841
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Marine Section, Point Cook
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Maker: Goodchild, John
The Marine Station at this section of the Royal Australian Air Force controls the air-sea rescue work. With its towers, wharves, boats, etc, it lends itself to picturesque treatment.ART21810
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Marine Section, Point Cook
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Seen from the foreshore adjacent to the Marine Section, Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook, Victoria.ART21832
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Moresby wharf
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Merchant men unloading at the wharf at Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART22267
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Oil wharf, Moresby
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Maker: Moore, Alan
The painting shows a sea-scape with a low horizon and a large expanse of sky. In the middle distance on the lower left there are docks, two large ships and two smaller boats and to the lower right the...ART24361
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Old harbour at Piraeus
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Maker: Dargie, William
Piraeus, the seaport of Athens, was the subject of heavy bombing during the German invasion of Greece in April 1941.ART24022
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Port Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
View of the wharf, Port Moresby with anti-aircraft defences in the left foreground.ART23676
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Port Tewfik
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Maker: Norton, Frank
From the end of the South Mole (making an inner basin). The dockyard and ship repairing wharves and the new wharves with two Polish steamers alongside, Suez Canal, Egypt.ART21736
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R.A.N. Slipway and Wharf
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This paintings depicts a Royal Australian Navy slipway and wharf.ART22283
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Sea front at Navplion
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Maker: Dargie, William
One of the evacuation areas when the Allied forces withdrew from Greece.ART23856
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Shipping guardian
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Maker: Bush, Charles
No. L2 gun, a Bofors, of 400 Australian Anti-Aircraft Heavy Gun Station is situated on North Wharf, Victoria Docks, Melbourne.ART25818
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Shipyards at Kure
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
View of the shipyards at Kure. On his arrival, Tucker spent some days making drawings of the devastated cities and landscapes including the dockyards at Kure.ART91453
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Taoniet
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Built by the Army from an old barge; to be used for transporting stores in New Guinea.ART23754
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The Basin, Newcastle in wartime
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Throughout the war against Japan, the Hunter River at Newcastle was packed with ships. There was seldom an unoccupied berth in the Basin and constant dredging of river sand was a routine job.ART25577
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The Captain Cook Dock
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Maker: Ragless, Max
This scene depicts the busy scene of the Captain Cook Dock at Garden Island, New South Wales. Various workers operate heavy machinery including large cranes with heavy cables.ART23129
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The city of Townsville from Castle Hill
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
During the war the small wharves of Townsville were jammed with ships loading or unloading trips and fighting materials. behind the breakwater were berthed the flying boats of the Royal Australian Air...ART25645
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The fitting out wharf
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 'River Murrumbidgee' at the BHP at the fitting out wharf, showing a busy scene with equipment waiting to be installed on the freighter.ART22626
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The freigher 'River Murray'
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A series of travelling cranes rise high over the still in construction 9000 ton freighter 'River Murray'. The freighter is surrounded by scaffolding.ART22622
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The harbour at Iraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
Described in the Official War History as Heraklion, it was one of the points at which the German air-borne attacks were made on Crete. At Heraklion the 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion, while attac...ART24043
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The pier at Kalamata
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Maker: Dargie, William
Showing a British destroyer moored in the distance. Kalamata was one of the evacuation points for the withdrawal of British forces from Greece. Nearly 9,000 Australians had been evacuated when the Ger...ART24035
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The River Mitta
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A 9000 ton merchant vessel nearly ready for launching at the Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Victoria.ART23110
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The "River Murray"
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A 9000 ton standard freighter under construction at BHP shipyards at Whyalla, South Australia. The freighter is surrounded by scaffolding and there are two construction cranes on either side.ART22632
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The 'River Murray' ready for launching
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 9000 ton freigher, the 'River Murray' prior to launching at the BHP shipyards at Whyalla, South Australia.ART23138
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The 'River Murrumbidgee'
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The standard 9000 ton freighter 'River Murrumbidgee' at the fitting out wharf of BHP shipyards at Whyalla, South Australia.ART22624
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The shipyard
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A panoramic view of the BHP shipyards at Whyalla, South Australia. The Whyalla shipyards can be seen behind a low lying rock lined breakwater, showing the 150 ton crane at the end of hte fitting out ...ART22627
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View in Catalina flying boat base, Port Moresby
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Maker: Dargie, William
Watercolour sketch of activities at the Catalina flying boat base in Port Moresby. Two men stand on the jetty undertaking some repairs, while other aircraft are already up in the sky. Dargie noted, ...ART22089
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View of Flinders Naval Depot
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pencil sketch for the oil painting 'View of Flinders Naval Depot' [ART23694].ART22062
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Waiting for draft, Redlynch
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Maker: Bush, Charles
This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting, 'Night draft'. It shows a typical scene at any Leave and Transit Office. Unidentified soldiers with their equipment lying and sitting on the groun...ART26589
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Wharf at Flinders Naval Depot
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Maker: Dargie, William
Wharf at Flinders Naval Depot, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. This is a watercolour sketch of the same scene, as pictured in 'Wharf at Flinders Naval Depot' [ART22064].ART22065
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Wharf at Flinders Naval Depot
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a view of the wharf at Flinders Naval Depot, Mornington Penisula, Victoria.ART22064
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Wharf at Flinders Naval Depot
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Maker: Dargie, William
Oil sketch of the wharf at the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria.ART26103
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Wharf construction, Sydney
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Building new wharves at Potts Point, Sydney Harbour. The aircraft carrier HMS Venables at Garden Island can be seen in the background.ART23136
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"Wharf sitting"
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and one American, all with island postings after peace with Japan was declared, wait dejectedly for air transport.ART25629
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Workmen's ferry for Chinese war-workers, Brisbane River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Rushing for the ferry, the mob of yelling Chinese, once part of the crew of ships destroyed in the war, were employed by the U.S. Army as labourers. Hundreds of them worked along the Brisbane Waterfro...ART25593