One Sunday afternoon in Townsville

Accession Number ART21350
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 34.1 x 47.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description crayon, watercolour, pencil on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Sunday afternoon on a beach in the heart of Townsville. The unidentified men and women on the beach represent the Australian Military Forces, United States Provost Corps, Australian Army Intelligence and the Royal Australian Navy. Defensive barbed wire entanglements can be seen in the background running across the beach.