| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART30268.001 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 27.4 x 36.2 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brown ink wash with pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Maker |
McClintock, Herbert |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | c 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Mechanical navy and bulldozer at work, Graving Dock
Description
Scene showing a bulldozer, workers and other equipment at Sydney graving dock. McClintock's focus on the immensity of the structures surrounding the workers is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.
- Scene at CCC camp, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- Labourers, graving dock
- Concrete gang, graving dock construction, July 1943
- Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
- Graving dock under construction, showing electric gantry, August 1943
- Linesmen erecting pole, graving dock, August 1943
- Labourer with guy rope, graving dock construction, August 1943
- Blacksmith forges with Caisson section of dock wall in construction
- Section of dock wall under construction, September 1943; verso: sketch of dock wall construction in pencil
- Dock under construction
- Sections of tank for floating caisson, graving dock, October 1943
- Cement workers graving dock construction, October 1943
- Rope splicer, service wharf for graving dock under construction, October 1943
- CCC men, Oberon, November 1943
- Studies, CCC workers, Oberon
- Early morning scene, CCC camp, Fish River, Oberon
- CCC camp site, Fish River Oberon
- Interior CCC canteen, Oberon, November 1943
- Interior CCC hut, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- CCC labourers Oberon, November 1943
- CCC camp site on Fish River, Oberon
- CCC workers clearing timber, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- Bridge carpenters, service warf, graving dock
- Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943