Shipbuilding along Brisbane River

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
Accession Number ART25590
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 51.9 x 67.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description lithographic crayon, coloured pencil on paper
Maker Curtis, R Emerson
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
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

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 Terrace beyond look down on this new wartime activity.