The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australia. C. 1936. Hand tinted postcard commemorating the first voyage of the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney II which after commissioning and working up trials sailed from England to Australia via Gibraltar, Gallipoli, Port Said, Aden and Colombo. HMAS Sydney, an oil fired light cruiser, required fewer refuelling stops than the coal fired cruiser HMAS Brisbane (see negative No. P02308.006), which had transported the Sydney's crew to England in July 1935. (Donor A. McDonald)
Australia. C. 1936. Postcard commemorating the last voyage of the RAN light cruiser HMAS Brisbane to England in 1935. The Brisbane carried the crew of the newly commissioned RAN light cruiser HMAS Syd
Australia. c. 1936. Map drawn by Seaman George Woodgate RAN showing route taken by the newly commissioned light cruiser HMAS Sydney II from England to Australia (white dots). The black dots show the e
Coronation tour of the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney. Melbourne, Fremantle, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Tobruk (wreath laying ceremony) Malta, Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Clapham Junction London, Halifax, Bal
Gibraltar, Mediterranean. c. 1935. Group portrait of two petty officers and eight other men, possibly crew members of the light cruiser HMAS Brisbane, on the deck of a ship. The eight men are either b
Gibraltar. 1935-11. The Rock of Gibraltar seen from the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney II as the newly commissioned ship entered the Mediterranean Sea on her voyage home to Australia. Note the Carley f
Aden, Indian Ocean. c. 1935. Elevated view of a coaling party on the deck of the light cruiser HMAS Brisbane. The ship was on its final voyage to England where her complement were commissioned to the
