Cutting and scraping (T.N.T. Room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Maribyrnong
Accession Number ART22571
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 47.3 cm x 51.5 cm; Unframed: 32.1 cm x 36.2 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on cardboard
Maker Craig, Sybil
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts seated unidentified workers at a work table at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong during the Second World War. The women are engaged in cutting and scraping activities in the TNT Room, High EXplosives Section, with large vaccuum extraction hoses are strung above them.