COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER AND THE COUNTESS VON LUCKNER WALKING DOWN SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, ...

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Accession Number 044903
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1930-1939
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COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER AND THE COUNTESS VON LUCKNER WALKING DOWN SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE, HAVING JUST ARRIVED BY TRAIN AT SPENCER STREET STATION IN JULY 1938. COUNT VON LUCKNER, WHOSE WORLD WAR 1 EXPLOITS AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN RAIDER SEEADLER EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF "SEA DEVIL", VISITED AUSTRALIA DURING THE COURSE OF AN EXTENDED VOYAGE IN HIS YACHT SEETEUFEL. (COUNT VON LUCKNER'S NAME APPEARS AS VON LUXNER IN SOME OFFICIAL WORLD WAR 1 HISTORIES.) DURING HIS TIME IN AUSTRALIA IN 1938 HE WAS ENGAGED IN A SPEAKING TOUR OF MANY CENTRES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND QUEENSLAND.