Probably Adelaide. c.1914. A Navy steam pinnace approaches a flag-bedecked wharf. The rails are ...

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
Accession Number P01505.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Barry, Scott
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Probably Adelaide. c.1914. A Navy steam pinnace approaches a flag-bedecked wharf. The rails are lined with spectators and a number of officials are grouped in a corner of the wharf. In the background a Navy whaler and a gig also approach the pier. (Original print held in Australian War Memorial Archive Store. Transferred from the Naval Historical Collection, no. 306622)