Outside Beaufort hangars, Fishermans Bend

Accession Number ART25886
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 40.3 x 45 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description oil on unmounted canvas
Maker Watson, Douglas
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Fishermans Bend
Date made c. 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This work depicts the Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) assembly plant at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne, Victoria, where Beaufort bombers were built during the Second World War. Two planes can be seen outside the hangar surrounded by vehicles and soldiers.

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