The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
These two prints were published in the Australasian Sketcher on 22 February 1882, page 25. In the top image, titled 'Off to the squadron', civilians crowd on a wharf and watch as a woman is assisted to jump into a boat. The bottom image is titled 'Men of War and Naval Reserve boat race, Hobson's Bay' and features three smaller images. Inset in the upper left corner is a picture of a covered cup, possibly the prize for the boat races. The other two images are placed one above the other, both showing views of the frigate HMCS Nelson, with davits out and small boats that are under sail or being rowed.
View of two ships 'Success' and HMVS 'Nelson', from the beach at Hobson's Bay, Williamstown, Victoria. A large training boat is beached at left in the sand, and a small yacht is close to the shore.
This print was published in the Melbourne based, Australasian Sketcher, on 22 April 1882. There are five images compiled into this print. The top left image is captioned 'Queenscliff Night Visions'
This engraving is by an unknown artist after George Ashton. It shows a scene published in 'The Australasian Sketcher', Melbourne, 4 May 1885, depicting a gun crew on the frigate HMS 'Nelson' firing a
Australian Second World War poster one of a series issued by the Department of Information, Advertising Division to emphasis the importance of industrial production on the home front to the overall wa
This Australian Army recruitment poster relates directly to the re-establishment of the defence forces into the Pentropic Division of organisation. The Pentropic Division was formally announced and i
A boat being rowed on the Singapore river. This negative features an image of 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches in size. It is one of 202 images relating to the service of NX37745 Private (Pte) George Aspinall fro
