The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At J & A Brown's boat yard, where the first Australian all-welded ship was built. Here also was engineered the 'revolving jig' method of construction, to ensure all over 'down-hand' welding, Hexham, Hunter River, New South Wales.
Curtis was shown around the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory, Melbourne, by Wing Commander Lawrence Wackett (1896-1982) who ' ...took me under his wing and eagle like "flew" me around the sho
Footbridge contructed from wood and metal. The bridge is contructed from 45 wooden panels laid vertically over two horizontal planks, which are braced with two crossed over wooden planks. Each panel i
White unhemmed calico bag with hand writing and stamp marks on outside surfaces. This writing consists of 'Miss Brown / Beachgrove / Yallah / Illawarra / New South Wales / Australia' repeated in thre
Decorative green cardboard soap box originally made for Lullaby bath soap. The front of the box has a small piece of paper glued over the 'LULLABY BATH SOAP' folding lid. On this piece of paper is
Tropical style light weight helmet covered with white painted cotton, the inside of the visor is finished with a faded green polished cotton. There is an integral leather chin strap and sweat band on
Hand made scale model of HMAS Yarra (I) in a scale of 1/4 inch to the foot (1:48 scale). The hull is shaped from a composite of wooden sections, with a pair of low wooden funnels. The model is painted
