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  1. Spray painting an RAAF Airspeed Oxford

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Ragless depicts an RAAF Airspeed Oxford being spray painted deep red, aluminium and bright yellow by Ansett Airways Ltd staff. 'With all three colours being applied at once/ and the job done out of do...

    ART23399

  2. Leigh Creek Coal Mine

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Ragless has drawn a deep cut coal mine. At the bottom of the pit are two trucks and a crane.

    ART23140

  3. At the naval dockyard, Williamstown

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Dock workers with a background of cranes and scaffolding.

    ART23113

  4. Whyalla township

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    A sceneic view of the township of Whyalla, South Australia. Ragless spent part of his six month employment as an Official War Artist recording the activities of BHP that provided primary resources fo...

    ART22629

  5. RAAF aircraft under repair, Parafield

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to Ragless' appointment as an official war artist in 1945. The drawing depicts two men at work repairing aircraft in a hangar at th...

    ART30201

  6. Electric shovel, Iron Monarch

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    This painting depicts an electrically driven shovel scooping up the iron ore that has been broken down from the quarry face. These shovels were able to lift 10 tons at a time, filling the trucks that ...

    ART23402

  7. The shipyard

    Art

    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

  8. The uranium mine, Mt Painter

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    The uranium mine at Mount Painter in the Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. At the time that this work was painted it was Australia's only uranium deposit and was directly linked with atomi...

    ART23421

  9. Battleship HMS Anson

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    The 35,000 tons battleship HMS Anson in Sydney Harbour, Australia.

    ART23420

  10. The stern of the 'Duke of York'

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    This painting depicts the under view of the stern of HMS Duke of York in Dry Dock, Sydney Harbour. The four propellors can be seen.

    ART25487

  11. The open cut, Leigh Creek, South Australia

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Showing the huge Drag Line excavater in operation extracting coal from the face at Leigh Creek, South Australia.

    ART23405

  12. Battleship HMS Anson

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Battleship HMS Anson being towed past Garden Island to the Captain Cook graving dock.

    ART25485

  13. Watering young tomatoes, Loveday Internment Camp

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Japanese internees watering tomato plants.

    ART23408

  14. Whyalla shipyard

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    The 9000 ton standard freighter "River Murray" on the slipway at the Broken Hill Propriety (BHP) shipyards at Whyalla, SA.

    ART23121

  15. Beaufighter assembly line

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Aircraft on the floor, as seen from the balcony. Many workers are inside the machines.

    ART23101

  16. Girls rivetting

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Newport; women at an Railways Workshops, Newport, using pneumatic rivetters on rear fuselage of Beaufighter

    ART25925

  17. Wharf construction, Sydney

    Art

    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

  18. A six ton drop hammer

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    A worker operates a heavy hammer, as used by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

    ART23106

  19. Beaufighter centre wing on the jig

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    At the South Australian Railways Islington Workshops where workers are busy in the production of Beaufighter aircraft.

    ART23116

  20. HMS Anson in dock

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    The 35,000 ton Royal Navy battleship, HMS Anson, in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney Harbour.

    ART23137

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