The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1892. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE GUNBOAT HMS PALUMA. BUILT FOR THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT, THE PALUMA WAS LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY FROM 1884 TO 1895 FOR SURVEY DUTIES AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH A DECKHOUSE HAS REPLACED HER AFTER 6 INCH GUN WHICH WAS RESTORED WHEN SHE WAS RETURNED TO QUEENSLAND AFTER COMPLETION OF HER SURVEY DUTIES. THE 8 INCH GUN PLANNED FOR HER FORWARD CASEMATE WAS NEVER MOUNTED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
BRISBANE, QLD. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE GUNBOAT PALUMA IN THE BRISBANE RIVER. THE PHOTOGRAPH PROBABLY DATES FROM THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1895, WHEN THE PALUMA REVERTED TO QUEENSLAND CONTROL AFTER SU
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1892. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE QUEENSLAND MARINE DEFENCE FORCE GUNBOAT PALUMA IN FARM COVE. SHE IS PAINTED WHITE FOR SURVEY SERVICE IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THE DECKHOUSE AFT REPL
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1886. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE QUEENSLAND GUNBOAT GAYUNDAH. THE WHITE ENSIGN INDICATES THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING OR AFTER 1886, WHEN, AFTER THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. STERN VIEW OF THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN T
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN THE BOTANICAL G
1889. GUNBOAT PALUMA SHOWING HER PORT SIDE WHILST OPERATING AS A SURVEY VESSEL. PALUMA, BUILT IN ENGLAND FOR THE QUEENSLAND MARINE DEFENCE FORCES, ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ON 1885-05-07. SHE SPENT HER FIRS
