Laying corduroy track, Samarinda

Accession Number ART94184
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 39.8 x 51 cm; image: 36 x 46 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Frank
Place made Borneo: Samarinda
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Australian soldiers prepare the corduroy track at Samarinda East Borneo in 1945. The corduroy track is a road made of tree trunks laid transversely.

Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Mrs Kate Hodgkinson in memory of Frank Hodgkinson