The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three locally engaged Indigenous Australian workers shovelling material into a power mixer to make concrete. This work was commissioned by the 4th Army Troop Company, Royal Australian Engineers for the construction of a new ordnance workshop building. The historical caption for this photograph condescendingly notes “the more ‘baccy’ (tobacco) you have, the better they work”.
Two unidentified locally engaged Indigenous Australian workers trip sand into a concrete mixer. In the back watching them is Sapper Alan Delaney, 4th Army Troop Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Th
Five unidentified locally engaged Indigenous Australians attached to the 4th Army Troop Company, Royal Australian Engineers work a winch to haul material up a hill as part of the construction of a 20,
Unidentified locally engaged Indigenous Australian workers of 14A Lines of Communication Area, at Knuckey's Bend compound queue up at the mobile canteen. The original caption for this photo notes that
An unidentified locally engaged Indigenous Australian worker pours concrete on the floor before Sapper M. Kelly and an obscured third work waits to level it. Sapper T. Church is working in the roof. T
Two unidentified locally engaged Indigenous Australian men putting in posts for a fence. This work was part of the 4th Army Troop Company, Royal Australian Engineers construction of the administration
A group of locally engaged Aboriginal workers and Australian soldiers use adapted traditional building techniques to construct a large shelter. The historical Department of Information caption documen
