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Accession Number | ART91767 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Framed: 67.8 cm x 42.8 cm x 3.7 cm; Unframed: 65 cm x 40 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on hardboard |
Maker |
Churcher, Peter |
Place made | Persian Gulf |
Date made | 14 February 2002 |
Conflict |
Period 2000-2009 Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Stoker in engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla
Description
Figure of a man in the engine room. Peter Churcher recalled, "I was amazed at the extraordinary environment of the engine room. It was absolutely crammed full of equipment. It was a very complex packed environment. I was quite awed by it. 'Stoker' is an old term for someone who used to stoke the boiler. The stoker today maintains the machinery of the engine room."