Wartime along Breakfast Creek, Brisbane Accession Number: ART25589

Description

Two refuelling launches emerge from the shadows of an old boatyard. A new Royal Australian Air Force rescue craft lies alongside, gleaming in fresh paint. Little peacetime boats rub shoulders against the narrowing banks of the muddy creek where explorer Oxley is supposed to have stopped one morning to cook is breakfast, Brisbane, Queensland.

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Accession Number
ART25589
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and black ink on paper
Measurement
sheet: 20.3 x 33 cm
Medium
watercolour, pen and black ink on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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