Henry Steele and Caroline Isaacson boarding a Douglas C-47 aircraft. Taken by Barbara Joan ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville, Magnetic Island
Accession Number P05161.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Isaacson, Barbara Joan
Date made February-March 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Henry Steele and Caroline Isaacson boarding a Douglas C-47 aircraft. Taken by Barbara Joan Isaacson as an Army Directorate of Public Relations photographer, during a trip to Queensland and the Atherton Tablelands to document the work of the women's services in early 1943. The touring party included the journalists Connie Robertson, Iris Dexter, Patricia Knox and Rita Dunstan.