The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Informal group portrait of members of the RAN in front of a stores building. They were engaged as wiremen and in other trades laying mines in the area around Cairns harbour. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Argus A3 35mm camera with a pop out 50mm f4 anastigmat lens. The top of the camera has a hot shoe adaptor and on the back is an f stop calculator consisting of a series of rotating discs. The modular
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. A RAN motorised yacht with a tow rope attached to a dinghy proceeds towards a laying plant in the background. The plant is operated by wiremen laying mines in the water. (Original
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Two members of the RAN, probably wiremen, sit on a barge as it is towed out of the harbour in preparation for a mine laying operation. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Two members of the RAN, probably wiremen, sit on a barge as it is towed out of the harbour in preparation for a mine laying operation. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Officers and wiremen of the RAN standing amongst cable on a mine laying plant. The mine in the background and the cable fitted with detonators were being laid off the harbour. (Or
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Officers and wiremen of the RAN stand amongst cable on a mine laying plant. The mine in the background and the cable fitted with detonators were being laid off the harbour. Note t
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Two members of the RAN in a dinghy being towed by a yacht. They are proceeding towards a mine laying plant operating on a barge out from the harbour. (Original housed in AWM Archi
