P00561.008 Accession Number: P00561.008

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Mackay, Qld. C. 1943. Cameras are busily clicking at wallabies and kangaroos, favourites with American servicemen, in a private zoo. Tours are conducted to the zoo by American Red Cross Staff Assistants. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store at Department of Information N684)

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Accession Number
P00561.008
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Paper (Resin-coated)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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