HMAS Australia, the first flag ship of the Royal Australian Navy, being towed through Sydney ...

Accession Number A03742
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 12 April 1924
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HMAS Australia, the first flag ship of the Royal Australian Navy, being towed through Sydney Harbour to be scuttled with full military honours off the coast of South Head in accordance with the terms of the Washington Treaty of 1922.