Place | Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan |
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Accession Number | ART26810 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 43.2 x 53.2 cm; image: 27 x 37 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on composition board |
Maker |
Newton, Max |
Place made | Borneo: Balikpapan |
Date made | September 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Oil refinery wreckage, Balikpapan
Description
Depicts burnt-out oil refineries and storage tanks at Balikpapan. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an Official War Artist in 1945. He travelled to Labuan and Morotai as part of his appointment, where he recorded aspects of the RAAF involvement in the Pacific during the Second World War.