Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Shipbuilding along Brisbane River
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.