| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART30038 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 51 x 55.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | black and sanguine crayon, carbon pencil with varnish on paper |
| Maker |
Norton, Frank |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Ship 139, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Description
While waiting in Sydney to accompany a convoy to the Middle East in March 1941, Norton took full advantage of his time by recording movements around the naval base on Garden island and the Sydney dockyards. This is one of several large colour sketches he completed, and was reproduced in "HMAS Mk II" (1943) with the following caption: 'Cradled in the trellis of the slipway gantries, the shell of the "Tribal" destroyer "Warramunga" takes shape at Cockatoo Island dockyard, Sydney, New South Wales, where the ship was built.'