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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 GARDENS WHERE SHE WAS DEPOSITED BY A HEAVY FLOOD. WITH HER ARE THE STEAMER SS ELAMANG (LEFT) AND THE HULK MAIDA (NOT THE QUIRANG AS STATED IN THE CAPTION ON THE IMAGE). THE PALUMA WAS REFLOATED BY ANOTHER FLOOD A FEW DAYS LATER AND TOWED BACK TO THE RIVER. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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
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
The gunboat Paluma which was brought to Australia by the British Admiralty arriving in May 1885. The Admiralty carried out survey work with the ship, until 1894, in northern Australia and the Great Ba
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
ADELAIDE, SA. 1942. SOLDIERS SLEEP ON THE BENCH SEATS OF THE GRANDSTAND AT THE ADELAIDE OVAL. AMONGST THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST ARTILLERY SURVEY REGIMENT WHO SLEPT IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS FOR ABO
HMAS Gayundah, Kangaroo Point Dry Dock. Gayundah and her sister ship Paluma were the first vessels ordered by the Queensland government for the Maritime Defence Force. Gayundah's main duty was the pro
