MISC/68/0083/VN Accession Number: MISC/68/0083/VN

Description

Baria, South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Chief of Staff at Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam (AFV) Colonel M. Bradbury and officers of the Australian Civil Affairs Unit inspect the newly completed science block and library at the Chau Van Thiep High School at Baria. The new block was built with funds raised in Queensland. Almost $4,000 in donations was raised by a Queensland organistion known at the Australian Vietnamese Civil Action Project. The school, with an enrolment of about one thousand pupils, was the only Government secondary school in Phuoc Tuy Province. The new science block and library were built by Vietnamese tradesmen under the supervision of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit.

Details

Accession Number
MISC/68/0083/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1968
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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