The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. C. 1918. A SIX INCH ARTILLERY PIECE MOUNTED AT FORT RALUANA COMMANDING THE ENTRANCE TO BLANCHE BAY.
Fort Raluana, New Britain. c. 1918. This 6 inch Australian Artillery Battery was constructed in 1918 near the entrance to Blanche Bay. It replaced a 4.7 inch battery which had been on Matupi Island. (
Raluana Head, Rabaul. 1918. Australian soldiers, with the help of local natives, hauling 6 inch gun barrels to the top of the head to establish an artillery battery which would overlook Blanche Bay. (
Kokopo, New Britain. c. 1914. An Army garrison camp near the entrance to Blanche Bay which leads to Simpson Harbour and Rabaul. Kokopo was formerly known as Herbertshohe. (Donor F.H. Schafer)
Nodup, New Britain. c. 1915. Mount Kombiu (mother) as seen from the side of Crater Peninsula opposite to Rabaul. Near the entrance to Blanche Bay, the Australian Submarine HMAS AE1 was lost with all
Herbertshohe, New Britain. c. 1915. The town as seen from Blanche Bay. Herbertshohe, later Kokopo, was the capital of the Protectorate of German New Guinea before Rabaul. (Donor J.R. Travers)
Depicts the harbour from Fort Raluana, Blanche Bay at Rabaul in New Guinea. This painting is one of a number of the commissioned works Bryant produced for Australian War Records between 1923 and 1926
