Collection relating to Albert Bissett Amess

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon
Accession Number P02241.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Amess, Albert Bissett
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon
Date made c December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Huts and tents of the Officers' Training School, Royal Military College (RMC), Duntroon. Standing under the tree in the midground (left) is a shed, next to which are several dixies or cauldrons full of boiling water. The water may be being used to wash laundry. A tap for a reticulated water supply stands in the open near the shed, while standing at extreme left is a structure that may be a washing trough. The building behind this structure is the post and telegraph office. At centre, the buildings to the rear of the shed include barracks for the officer trainees or cadets. The large tent (right) is the Quartermaster's Store, and the smaller tent behind it is the hospital. The area of land (left) in front of the post office and barracks is the parade ground. (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store)