Building Wooden ships, Fremantle, Western Australia

Place Oceania: Australia, Western Australia
Accession Number ART21087
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 34.2 x 45.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description carbon pencil with sanguine crayon on paper
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle
Date made 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

Two wooden vessels under construction at Fremantle. These vessels are 300 ton cargo ships and are due to be launched. Built of jarrah, they are the first vessels of this type to be constructed at Fremantle. It is expected they will be used for cargo work on the coast or possibly in the north.

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