LADY BOWEN HOSTEL BRISBANE. WITH SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR 200 OTHER RANKS, ARMY PERSONNEL ARE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
Accession Number 015581
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Turner, Harry
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 19 August 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

LADY BOWEN HOSTEL BRISBANE. WITH SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR 200 OTHER RANKS, ARMY PERSONNEL ARE CONSTRUCTING IN BRISBANE AND LADY BOWEN HOSTEL FOR AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON LEAVE. THE HOSTEL CONTAINS A SNACK BAR, DINING ROOM, LOUNGES, WRITING ROOMS, BARBERS' ROOMS, LAUNDRIES, KIT STORE AND MENDING ROOMS. SAPPER ANNE ROSS A BRISBANE ARTIST IN CIVIL LIFE ON LOAN FROM ARMY CAMOUFLAGE, DECORATES PART OF THE HOSTEL WITH AN EASTER SCENE. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).