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Battered on active service
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
From Norman Wright's boatyard at Bulimba, one looks across the river to Bowen Hill's crowned by a large dance hall and band rotunda. An antiquated side wheeler, 'The Hetherington,' now a steam driven ...ART25588
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Brisbane River from Staver Bridge
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view from Staver Bridge of the Brisbane River is shown, with vessels docked along the river bank.ART29934
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Crowley's yard, Brisbane River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Seven of the eighteen employees in this yard are apprentices learning the trade and continuing with their studies at night school. In this small yard Crowley has built sailing craft, power boats, repa...ART25587
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Shipbuilding along Brisbane River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Navy ships and a freighter tied up at the outfitting berth of Evan Deakin's Shipbuilding yard in Brisbane. Small American landing barges ride on the mud. The storey Bridge and the houses of Bowen Te...ART25590
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The departure of the first Queensland contingent for South Africa
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Maker: Midgley, Ann
Depicts a small crowd at the wharf in Brisbane farewelling the troopship SS 'Cornwall' which took the first contingent to South Africa for the Boer War. Ann (or Annie as she was known) Midgley (1866-1...ART50111
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Ygosse's boat yard, Toowong, Brisbane River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Perhaps because the owner of this yard was a Dutchman, most of his wartime output was turned over to the Dutch Army in the Pacific. Almost completely screened by luxuriant vegatation, this was typical...ART25584
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Young English Lieutenant; verso: View north from above camp at Cairns
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
recto: A head portrait of an unidentified English Lieutenant, depicted from two different angles. verso: A view north from above the camp at Cairns is depictedART29919