Building wooden ships

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
Accession Number ART22646
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 51.2 x 62.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description oil, oil wash on paper mounted on cardboard
Maker Ragless, Max
Place made Australia: South Australia, Port Adelaide
Date made June 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

Men building 85-feet wooden ships at the yards of MacFarlane and Sons, Port Adelaide, for use by the Australian Army in the South West Pacific Area. The Port Adelaide CSR sugar refinery can be seen in the background.