The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Garden Island, Sydney. 1945-03-24. RAN frigate HMAS Lachlan entering Captain Cook Graving Dock for the dock's opening ceremony. The ship carried His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, who performed the opening ceremony.
OFF GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-03-24. HMAS LACHLAN, CARRYING THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PARTY ON THE BRIDGE, MOVES INTO THE CAPTAI
GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY, 1945-03-24. THE AUSTRALIAN BUILT FRIGATE, HMAS LACHLAN ABOUT TO OUT THE RIBBON WHICH WILL MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CAPTAIN COOK GRAVING DOCK.
OFF GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-03-24. THE CAPTAIN COOK GRAVING DOCK VIEWED FROM HMAS KUTTABUL DURING ITS OPENING BY THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.
OFF GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-03-24. THE CAPTAIN COOK GRAVING DOCK VIEWED FROM HMAS KUTTABUL DURING ITS OPENING BY THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.
OFF GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-03-24. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, MAKES HIS SPEECH WHILE OPENING AND NAMING THE CAPTAIN COOK GRAVING DOCK.
Sydney, New South Wales. 1945-03. A view of the empty Captain Cook Graving Dock which at the time of its opening was the largest dry dock in the southern hemisphere. The dock was opened on 1945-03-24
