010606/05 Accession Number: 010606/05

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MORTAR BOMBS ARE AMONG THE MANY WAR COMMODITIES AUSTRALIA IS PRODUCING IN VAST QUANTITIES FOR EMPIRE NEEDS. THE ROUGH CASTINGS FOR MORTAR BOMBS ARE TAKEN FROM FOUNDRY TO MACHINE SHOP, WHERE LATHES, A NUMBER OF WHICH ARE AUSTRALIAN-MADE, MACHINE THEM WITH HAIRLINE ACCURACY. FRED DAWSON MACHINING A MORTAR BOMB CASTING ON AN AUSTRALIAN-MADE MACSON LATHE.

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Accession Number
010606/05
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c December 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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