300023 Accession Number: 300023

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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 THE BOTANICAL GARDENS WHERE SHE WAS DEPOSITED BY A HEAVY FLOOD. WITH HER ARE THE STEAMER SS ELAMANG (LEFT) AND THE HULK MAIDA PARTLY OBSCURED BY THE PALUMA. THE PALUMA WAS REFLOATED BY ANOTHER FLOOD A FEW DAYS LATER AND TOWED BACK TO THE BRISBANE RIVER. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).

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300023
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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