The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NORTHERN TERRITORY. LARGE SHELTERS BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS USING ADAPTED ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND LOCAL NATURAL MATERIALS, BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE WET SEASON. NOTE BARK ROOFS AND WALLS MADE OF SAPLINGS ON THESE COMPLETED HUTS.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. LARGE SHELTERS BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS USING ADAPTED ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND LOCAL NATURAL MATERIALS, BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE WET SEASON. NOTE BARK ROOFS AND WALLS MA
NORTHERN TERRITORY. LARGE SHELTERS BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS USING ADAPTED ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND LOCAL NATURAL MATERIALS, BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE WET SEASON. HERE THEY ARE TYING DOWN THE
NORTHERN TERRITORY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS USING ADAPTED ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRUCT A LARGE SHELTER. HERE THEY ARE LASHING TOGETHER THE FRAME-WORK OF SAPLINGS. NO NAILS ARE USED.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ADAPTING ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRUCT LARGE SHELTERS. HERE THEY ARE TYING DOWN THE ROOF BARK.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS USING ABORIGINAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES TO ERECT SHELTERS. HERE THEY ARE LASHING TOGETHER THE FRAMEWORK OF SAPLINGS. NO NAILS ARE USED.
A group of locally engaged Aboriginal workers and Australian soldiers use adapted traditional building techniques to construct a large shelter. The historical Department of Information caption documen
